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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VALLEY WIND, by LU YUN
First Line: Living in retirement beyond the world
Last Line: My cottage becomes a universe.
Alternate Author Name(s): Shih-lung
Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Retirement
First Line: Living in retirement beyond the world
Last Line: My cottage becomes a universe.
Alternate Author Name(s): Shih-lung
Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Retirement
LIVING in retirement beyond the World,
Silently enjoying isolation,
I pull the rope of my door tighter
And stuff my window with roots and ferns.
My spirit is tuned to the Spring-season:
At the fall of the year there is autumn in my heart.
Thus imitating cosmic changes
My cottage becomes a Universe.
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