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 [47] WRITTEN WHEN GOVERNOR OF SOOCHOW

building, not my own home. A Government garden, not my own trees. But at Lo-yang I have a small house And on Wei River I have built a thatched hut. I am free from the ties of marrying and giving in marriage; If I choose to retire, I have somewhere to end my days. And though I have lingered long beyond my time, To retire now would be better than not at all! [79]