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Ben Jonson - Thou art a monument, without a tomb, And...
Thou art a monument, without a tomb, And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give. (Ben Jonson)

Thou art a monument, without a tomb, And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give.

Ben Jonson

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