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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 172 by HAN SHAN

First Line: I'M POOR ALAS AND I'M SICK
Last Line: ALL THESE CARES WEAR A MAN DOWN
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; GRIEF; POVERTY; SORROW; SADNESS;

I'm poor alas and I'm sick
a man without friends or kin
there's no rice in my pot
and fresh dust lines the steamer
a thatched hut doesn't keep out the rain
a caved-in bed hardly holds me
no wonder I'm so haggard
all these cares wear a man down



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