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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 44, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: I usually live in seclusion
Last Line: The spring is dry but not the stream
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Guests; Mountains; Solitude; Visiting; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Loneliness
First Line: I usually live in seclusion
Last Line: The spring is dry but not the stream
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Guests; Mountains; Solitude; Visiting; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Loneliness
I usually live in seclusion
but sometimes I go to Kuoching
to call on the Venerable Feng-kan
or to visit with Master Shih-te
but I go back to Cold Cliff alone
observing an unspoken agreement
I follow a stream that has no spring
the spring is dry but not the stream
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