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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 122, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Where clouds and mountains are piled to the sky
Last Line: Are mindless like the rivers flowing east
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Aging; Chinese Literature; Nature; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: Where clouds and mountains are piled to the sky
Last Line: Are mindless like the rivers flowing east
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Aging; Chinese Literature; Nature; Solitude; Loneliness
Where clouds and mountains are piled to the sky
the forest deep the road remote and travelers nonexistent
far off I see the solitary toad clear and bright
nearby I hear a flock of birds chattering away
an old man alone on a darkening ridge
retiring to my hut I accept white hair
but sigh that today and the years gone by
are mindless like the rivers flowing east
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