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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 18, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: I spur my horse past ruins
Last Line: Unnamed in the records of immortals
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Animals; Chinese Literature; Decay; Horses; Lament; Mortality; Ruins; Rot; Decadence
First Line: I spur my horse past ruins
Last Line: Unnamed in the records of immortals
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Animals; Chinese Literature; Decay; Horses; Lament; Mortality; Ruins; Rot; Decadence
I spur my horse past ruins
ruins move a traveler's heart
the old parapets high and low
the ancient graves great and small
the shuddering shadow of a tumbleweed
the steady sound of giant trees
but what I lament are the common bones
unnamed in the records of immortals
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