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The axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs and left him a withered trunk.

Jonathan Swift
Green, Trunks, Intemperance
Jonathan Swift (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)”, p.874, Delphi Classics
The axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs and left him a withered trunk.