Cherry Trees – Quotes

Only in dreams of

Only in dreams of spring Shall I ever see again The flowering of my cherry trees. Frances Hodgson Burnett

I never see that

I never see that prettiest thing- A cherry bough gone white with Spring- But what I think, “How gay ‘twould be To hang me from a flowering tree. Dorothy Parker

My childhood was elegant homes, tree lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry trees. Middle America as it’s supposed to be. But on the cherry tree there’s this pitch oozing out – some black, some yellow – and millions of red ants crawling all over it. … Read more

A short distance away

A short distance away is the Tidal Basin, ringed by cherry trees that every year produce flowers, an event to which Washingtonians react as though it were the Second Coming of Christ. Dave Barry

Weird, isn’t it Somehow

Weird, isn’t it Somehow in the dead of winter when its 40 below, so cold your words just freeze in the air, you think you’ll never hear a robin’s song again or see a blossom on a cherry tree, when one day you wake up and bingo, light coming through the mini blinds is softened … Read more

Now, of my threescore

Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again.
A. E. Housman

Loveliest of trees, the

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough.
A. E. Housman