Vachel LindsayWe left you there, lonely, Beauty your power, Wisdom your watchman, To hold the clay tower.from 'The Tale of the Tiger Tree
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The Tale of the Tiger Tree is a short story about a woman who cuts a tree from her garden and carries it with her to the mountains where she plans to build a house. In the story she tells her maid that she would have liked to have named the tree 'The Tale of the Tiger Tree' because tigers are strong, but she was unable to think of a name that could not be mispronounced.
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