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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 4 by HAN SHAN

First Line: LOOKING FOR A REFUGE
Last Line: HE FORGOT THE WAY HE CAME
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; MOUNTAINS; TAOISM; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN);

Looking for a refuge
Cold Mountain will keep you safe
a faint wind stirs dark pines
come closer the sound gets better
below them sits a gray-haired man
chanting Taoist texts
ten years unable to return
he forgot the way he came



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