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Poem of the Day: ‘Loveliest of trees, the cherry now’

A.E. Housman had a talent — perhaps the greatest in the history of English poetry — for making difficult verse look simple.

'Cherry Blossoms,' by William Henry Holmes, watercolor.
'Cherry Blossoms,' by William Henry Holmes, watercolor. Smithsonian Museum of American Art via Wikimedia Commons