Winds howl and howl at ghosts of those war's killed— on sol… - Đặng Trần Côn

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Winds howl and howl at ghosts of those war's killed—
on soldiers' faces shines the stalking moon.
O men, alive or dead, has anyone
portrayed your faces or invoked your souls?

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Đặng Trần Côn (Chinese: 鄧陳琨; born Trần Côn; c.1710–1745) was the author of the Chinh phụ ngâm, a masterpiece of chữ Hán literature of Vietnam.

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Winds howl and howl at ghosts of those war's killed— on soldiers' faces shines the stalking moon. O men, alive or dead, has anyone portrayed your fac… - Đặng Trần Côn

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