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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 88, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Ten thousand miles from home
Last Line: The trick is don't be greedy
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Swords; War
First Line: Ten thousand miles from home
Last Line: The trick is don't be greedy
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Swords; War
Ten thousand miles from home
sword raised to strike the Hun
gain the edge he's dead
lose it and you're doomed
though you might disdain his life
why be ungrateful for yours
here's the way to always win
the trick is don't be greedy
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