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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 170 by HAN SHAN

First Line: THE PEOPLE I SEE IN THIS WORLD
Last Line: I'D RATHER BE POOR IN THE WOODS
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; HUMANITY; POVERTY; SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;

The people I see in this world
walk dazed in the dust of the road
they don't know where they are
or how to find the ford
their bloom lasts how many days
their loved ones aren't close long
even if I had a ton of gold
I'd rather be poor in the woods



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