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POEM IN THE FORM OF A COFFIN-PULLER'S SONG by T'AO CH'IEN

First Line: IN THE OLD DAYS I HAD NO WINE TO DRINK
Last Line: ONE MORNING I WENT OUT THE GATE, %AND THERE'S NO DATE SET FO 4 MY RETURN
Subject(s): CHINA - EARLY PERIOD (TO 200 B.C.);

Poem Sources:

THE COLUMBIA BOOK OF CHINESE POETRY; FROM EARLY TIMES TO THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
  WATSON, BURTON (ED. AND TR.)
  (1984)
 



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