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132 | with fruits that smelled both savory and good, | ||||||
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133 | and, as a fir tree narrows as it branches upward, | ||||||
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134 | this one tapered down from branch to branch, | ||||||
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135 | perhaps so that no one can climb it. | ||||||
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136 | On that side, where our way was blocked, | ||||||
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137 | from the high rock fell pellucid water, | ||||||
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138 | which was dispersed among the upper leaves. | ||||||
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139 | As the two poets neared the tree | ||||||
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140 | a voice from among the boughs called out: | ||||||
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141 | 'This is a food that you shall lack.' | ||||||
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