Various authors

“ Those who knew the tune heard the trueness of their singing.
We sat there each with the same desire
And like thoughts by each unexpressed:
"Man in the world lodging for a single life-time
Passes suddenly like dust borne on the wind. ”

“ Fame is the only treasure that endures.
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The Eastern Castle stands tall and high;
Far and wide stretch the towers that guard it.
The whirling wind uprises and shakes the earth;
The autumn grasses grow thick and green. ”

“ Thousands of years they lie without waking.
In infinite succession light and darkness shift.
And years vanish like the morning dew.
Man's life is like a sojourning,
His longevity lacks the firmness of stone and metal. ”