Quote of the Day (A.E. Housman, on the ‘Loveliest of Trees’)

“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now

Is hung with bloom along the bough,

And stands about the woodland ride

Wearing white for Eastertide.” — English classical scholar-poet A.E. Housman (1859-1936), “Loveliest of Trees,” in A Shropshire Lad (1896)

In the Northeast, where I live, the season and scenes hailed by Housman are here. The image accompanying this post--which, actually, was taken two years ago in Overpeck Park, not far from where I live in Bergen County, NJ--gives a good idea of what I’m talking about.