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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 9, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: I longed to visit the eastern cliff
Last Line: And slept with a cloud for a pillow
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Climbing; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)
First Line: I longed to visit the eastern cliff
Last Line: And slept with a cloud for a pillow
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Climbing; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain)
I longed to visit the eastern cliff
countless years until today
I finally grabbed a vine and climbed
but halfway there met mist and wind
the trail was too narrow for clothes
the moss too slick for shoes
I stopped beneath this cinnamon tree
and slept with a cloud for a pillow
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