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Quote from "A Leaf from Heaven" (1853)

Not a single leaf of that plant could be found; no one knew about the one leaf that lay in the coffin of the dead girl.

And the King himself, in his terrible depression, wandered out to the spot in the woods. "This is where the plant grew," he said. "It shall be a sacred place." Then he had it surrounded by a golden railing, and a sentry was posted there, by day and by night.

Source: Jean Hersholt's translation of "A Leaf from Heaven"

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• Registered motifs in "A Leaf from Heaven"

Registered motifs in this quote:

1. Coffin
2. High place
3. The Holy Bible

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