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The Mighty Tree
Like a mighty tree, indeed, is a man;
His hairs are the leaves and his skin the outer bark.
From his skin blood flows as sap from the bark;
Therefore it flows from pierced [skin] as sap from a tree that is struck.
His flesh is the sapwood, his sinews are the fibres, undoubtedly;
His bones are the inner wood and his marrow is like the pith.
When a tree is felled it sh...
Monday 3rd March 2014 8:49 am
(The Human Being)
The Mighty Tree
Like a mighty tree, indeed, is a man;
His hairs are the leaves and his skin the outer bark.
From his skin blood flows as sap from the bark;
Therefore it flows from pierced [skin] as sap from a tree that is struck.
His flesh is the sapwood, his sinews are the fibres, undoubtedly;
His bones are the inner wood and his marrow is like the pith.
When a tree is felled it sh...
Monday 3rd March 2014 8:43 am
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