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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 18 by HAN SHAN

First Line: I SPUR MY HORSE PAST RUINS
Last Line: UNNAMED IN THE RECORDS OF IMMORTALS
Subject(s): ANIMALS; CHINESE LITERATURE; DECAY; HORSES; LAMENT; MORTALITY; RUINS; ROT; DECADENCE;
I spur my horse past ruins
ruins move a traveler's heart
the old parapets high and low
the ancient graves great and small
the shuddering shadow of a tumbleweed
the steady sound of giant trees
but what I lament are the common bones
unnamed in the records of immortals



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