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There Dr. Smith found his fish, rank but undecayed, on Trader Hunt's little ship.

From Time Magazine Archive

The vigor of the king's mind, notwithstanding the seeming decline of his body, here appeared unbroken and undecayed.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David

His eightieth year he reach'd still undecayed, And rectors five to one close vault conveyed.

From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

The ground throughout the forest is encumbered with fallen trunks, sometimes piled one on another to the depth of 20 or 30 feet, which, owing to the continuous moisture, remain undecayed for centuries.

From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)

The flowers you gave, dear girl, will fade, Nor shun the common lot, to die; The thoughts they spoke, still undecayed, Shall bloom immortal as the sky.

From Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by Bartley, James Avis