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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 295, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: Go ahead stockpile rhino horn Last Line: Trying to live forever is vain Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Death; Mortality; Vanity; Dead, The | |||
Go ahead stockpile rhino horn wear tiger eyes if you want use a peach branch to drive away evil use garlic cloves as beads warm your belly with dogwood wine lighten your heart with wolfberry soup still you can't escape your end trying to live forever is vain | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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