The letter containing this poem with which Goethe included two Ginkgo leaves with two distinct lobes can be viewed in the Goethe Museum in Düsseldorf. The Ginkgo (planted in 1795) that Goethe led Marianne von Willemer to in September 1815 is no longer standing today.
A letter containing this poem, which included a pair of Ginkgo leaves with distinct lobes, can be viewed at the Goethe Museum in Düsseldorf. The Ginkgo tree planted by Goethe for Marianne von Willemer in 1795 is now extinct.