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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 299 by HAN SHAN

First Line: PEOPLE LAUGH ABOUT MY POEMS
Last Line: THEN MY POEMS WILL PLAGUE THE WORLD
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; POETRY & POETS;

People laugh about my poems
my poems are elegant enough
they don't need Cheng Hsuan's comments
much less Mao Heng's explanations
I don't mind few understand me
those who know one's voice are rare
if we had no @3fa@1 or @3sol@1
my disease would surely spread
one day I'll meet someone with eyes
then my poems will plague the world



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