54044: The Cherry Trees

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posted on 2024-04-25, 17:29 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

<p dir="ltr"> The cherry trees bend over and are shedding,<br> On the old road where all that passed are dead,<br> Their petals, strewing the grass as for a wedding<br> This early May morn when there is none to wed.<br></p>

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Identifier

2873.txt

Creator

Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)

Date

1979

Date Created

01/01/1979

Temporal Date

31/12/1979

Type

Poem

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Copyright Edward Thomas, 1979, reproduced under licence from Faber and Faber Ltd.

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ProQuest

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Poems

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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