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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 20 by HAN SHAN

First Line: INSIDE JADE HALL IS A CURTAIN OF PEARLS
Last Line: SHE'LL LOOK LIKE CHEWED SUGARCANE
Subject(s): AGING; BEAUTY; CHINESE LITERATURE;

Inside Jade Hall is a curtain of pearls
behind it lives a graceful girl
her beauty transcends the immortals
her skin is like that of a peach
spring mists rise in the east
autumn winds stir in the west
thirty years from now
she'll look like chewed sugarcane



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