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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 134, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Yesterday was so long ago
Last Line: We looked but couldn't speak
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Nature; Silence
First Line: Yesterday was so long ago
Last Line: We looked but couldn't speak
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Nature; Silence
Yesterday was so long ago
the scene so worthy of sighs
above was a path of peach trees and plums
below was an iris-lined shore
and someone was wearing fine silk
and kingfisher plumes in my home
we saw each other and tried to call
we looked but couldn't speak
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