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 Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky.
 [Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume read more 
 Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky.
 [Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume nicht in den Himmel 
wachsen.] 
 Plant no other tree before the vine.
 [Lat., Nullam vare, sacra vite prius arborem.]  
 Plant no other tree before the vine.
 [Lat., Nullam vare, sacra vite prius arborem.] 
 I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have 
to live than other things do.  
 I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have 
to live than other things do. 
 The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry,
 Of bugles going by.  
 The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry,
 Of bugles going by. 
 I think that I shall never scan
 A tree as lovely as a man.
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 I think that I shall never scan
 A tree as lovely as a man.
  . . . .
   A tree depicts divinest plan,
    But God himself lives in a man. 
 Oh, leave this barren spot to me!
 Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree!  
 Oh, leave this barren spot to me!
 Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree! 
The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire.
The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire.
 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like 
a green bay tree.  
 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like 
a green bay tree. 
This is the forest primeval.
This is the forest primeval.