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" Old is the tree and the fruit good,
Very old and thick the wood.
Woodman, is your courage stout?
Beware! the root is wrapped about
Your mother's heart, your father's bones;
And like the mandrake comes with groans. "

Robert Louis Stevenson


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Robert Louis Stevenson quote : Old is the tree and the fruit good,<br />Very old and thick the wood.<br />Woodman, is your courage stout?<br />Beware! the root is wrapped about<br />Your mother's heart, your father's bones;<br />And like the mandrake comes with groans.