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Title: Explanation of an antique Gem Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [More Titles by Goethe] A YOUNG fig-tree its form lifts high Within a beauteous garden; As if he were its warden. But oh, Quirites, how one errs! The tree is guarded badly; And hums a beetle madly. The hero with his well-mail'd coat Nibbles the branches tall so; Gently to climb up also. And so, my friends, ere long ye see The tree all leafless standing; Help of the gods demanding. Then listen, ye ingenuous youth, Who hold wise saws respected: A tree should be protected!
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