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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 291, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Here where I once stayed
Last Line: Why not read some old lines
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Aging; Chinese Literature; Decay; Past; Rot; Decadence
First Line: Here where I once stayed
Last Line: Why not read some old lines
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Aging; Chinese Literature; Decay; Past; Rot; Decadence
Here where I once stayed
it's been seven decades
the people I knew are gone
buried among old mounds
my head has since turned white
and I still haunt a mountain of clouds
here's a message for those to come
why not read some old lines
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