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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 150, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Sitting alone I keep slipping away
Last Line: Yearend finds me old with regrets
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Aging; Chinese Literature; Nature; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: Sitting alone I keep slipping away
Last Line: Yearend finds me old with regrets
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Aging; Chinese Literature; Nature; Solitude; Loneliness
Sitting alone I keep slipping away
far off with the cares of my heart
clouds wander by the mountainside
wind rushes out the valley
gibbons swing from the trees
birds call through the forest
time slips past my temples
yearend finds me old with regrets
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