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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 127, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When an old man takes a young wife
Last Line: Both show the other affection
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Marriage; Old Age; Youth; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


When an old man takes a young wife
how can she bear his thin hair
when an old woman weds a young man
how can he stand her dried-up face
but when an old man takes an old wife
neither abandons the other
and when a young girl weds a young man
both show the other affection





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