Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 44, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: I sigh when I see learned men Last Line: And all their learning is dust Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Deception; Scholarship & Scholars | ||||||||
I sigh when I see learned men wasting their minds all day babbling away at a fork in the road deceiving whoever they can creating more ballast for Hell instead of improving their karma impermanence suddenly comes and all their learning is dust | 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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