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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 46 by HAN SHAN

First Line: THE BEAUTIFUL LADY LU
Last Line: SHE COULDN'T AVOID ENDING UP IN THE HILLS
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; GRIEF; MORTALITY; SORROW; SADNESS;

The beautiful Lady Lu
long ago was called Never Sad
she loved to ride through a garden
or row through a pond full of lilies
she knelt on a green bear rug
and wore a blue phoenix robe
but grieved that in less than a hundred years
she couldn't avoid ending up in the hills



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