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- Author
- Shel Silverstein
- First published
- 1964
- Editions
- 20
- Subjects
- Children's poetry, American, Fiction, Humorous poetry, Juvenile fiction, Latin language materials, Trees, Generosity, Boys
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- publication date
- 1921-00-00
- title
- The Tree
- first line
- On a verdant slope of Mount Maenalus, in Arcadia, there stands an olive grove about the ruins of a villa.
- last line
- But the olive grove still stands, as does the tree growing out of the tomb of Kalos, and the old bee-keeper told me that sometimes the boughs whisper to one another in the night wind, saying over and over again. "Oida! Oida!—I know! I know!"