木ほど美しい、詩に、／巡り逢うことはないだろう。／／…／／詩を作るは我ら愚か者の仕業、／木を創るはただ神の御業。／／ - ジョイス・キルマー (1886 - 1918): 『木』
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I think that I shall never see / A poem lovely as a tree. //...// Poems are made by fools like me, / But only God can make a tree. // - (Alfred) Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918): Trees
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