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AT DAWN, CLIMBING THE HEAVENLY PILLAR PEAK OF MYSTERIOUS.... by HSU CHUNG-HSING

First Line: I SHAKE MY ROBE - AND MISTS DISPERSE, LEAVING CLEAR AUTUMN SKY
Last Line: EVERY MORNING, THEY SEEM TO CLAP THEIR HANDS FOR JOY %LIKE THE GIANT TORTOISE OF PARADISE

Poem Sources:

THE COLUMBIA BOOK OF LATER CHINESE POETRY; YUAN, MING AND CH'ING DYNASTIES (1279-1911).
  CHAVES, JONATHAN (TR. & ED.)
  (1986)
 



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