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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 165 by HAN SHAN

First Line: IDLE I CALLED ON AN EMINENT MONK
Last Line: THE MOON HELD UP ITS LONE LANTERN
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; MONKS;
Idle I called on an eminent monk
amid ten thousand mist-covered mountains
the master himself pointed the way home
the moon held up its lone lantern



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