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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 55 by HAN SHAN

First Line: THE WILLOWS GROW DARK LIKE MIST
Last Line: NO SWALLOW NESTS ALLOWED
Subject(s): ABSENCE; CHINESE LITERATURE; MARRIAGE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;
The willows grow dark like mist
their wind-borne flowers drift like snow
husband in a wifeless province
wife in a husbandless county
each on a different shore of the sky
when will they meet again
write this line in moon-viewing towers
@3no swallow nests allowed@1



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