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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 271, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: I recall twenty years ago Last Line: I came out ahead Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Fools; Idiots | |||
I recall twenty years ago my slow steps ending at Kuoching the people at Kuoching Temple agreed Cold Mountain was a fool and why was I a fool because I couldn't reason but I didn't know my self so how could they I bowed my head and didn't ask why ask anyway people still reproached me this is something I know well and though I didn't answer I came out ahead | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VILLAGE IDIOT by EDWARD HIRSCH TWO SONGS OF A FOOL: 1 by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TWO SONGS OF A FOOL: 2 by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS CRAZY JANE TALKS WITH THE BISHOP by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE FOOL'S ADVENTURE by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE THE CASE OF ALBERT IRVING WILLIAMSON by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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