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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 99 by HAN SHAN

First Line: DISAPPOINTED IMPOVERISHED SCHOLARS
Last Line: EVEN MONGRELS WON'T TOUCH THEM
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; POETRY & POETS; POVERTY; SCHOLARSHIP & SCHOLARS;

Disappointed impoverished scholars
know the limits of hunger and cold
unemployed they like to write poems
scribbling away with the strength of their hearts
but who collects a nobody's words
may as well save your sighs
write them down on rice-flour cakes
even mongrels won't touch them



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