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Tao Yuanming - That when the body decays Fame should...

That when the body decays Fame should also go
Is a thought unendurable, burning the heart.
Let us strive and labour while yet we may
To do some deed that men will praise. (Tao Yuanming)

That when the body decays Fame should also go Is a thought unendurable, burning the heart. Let us strive and labour while yet we may To do some deed that men will praise.

Tao Yuanming

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