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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 291 by HAN SHAN

First Line: HERE WHERE I ONCE STAYED
Last Line: WHY NOT READ SOME OLD LINES
Subject(s): AGING; CHINESE LITERATURE; DECAY; PAST; ROT; DECADENCE;
Here where I once stayed
it's been seven decades
the people I knew are gone
buried among old mounds
my head has since turned white
and I still haunt a mountain of clouds
here's a message for those to come
@3why not read some old lines@1



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