Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 128, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: A courteous handsome young man Last Line: This is how books fool us Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Deception; Poverty; Scholarship & Scholars | ||||||||
A courteous handsome young man well-versed in the classics and histories people address him Sir everyone calls him a scholar but he hasn't found a position yet and doesn't know how to farm in winter he wears a tattered robe this is how books fool us | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GILES JOHNSON, PH.D by FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS ADDRESS TO THE SCHOLARS OF NEW ENGLAND by JOHN CROWE RANSOM VERSES, READ AT MY INITIATION INTO THE O.K. by GEORGE SANTAYANA VERSES, SUNG AT MY INITIATION INTO THE PUDDING by GEORGE SANTAYANA FOR BILL NESTRICK by FRANK BIDART THE SCHOLAR GIPSY by MATTHEW ARNOLD A GRAMMARIAN'S FUNERAL by ROBERT BROWNING THE SCHOLARS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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