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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 262 by HAN SHAN

First Line: ALL THE PEOPLE I SEE
Last Line: BLOOMING AT DAWN GONE BY DUSK
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; DEATH; LIFE; MORTALITY; DEAD, THE;
All the people I see
live awhile then die
sixteen only yesterday
a strong and passionate youth
today he's over seventy
his strength and looks long gone
just like a spring day flower
blooming at dawn gone by dusk



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