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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 53, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Once I reached cold mountain
Last Line: Suddenly both eyes filled with tears
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Grief; Guests; Mountains; Solitude; Sorrow; Sadness; Visiting; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Loneliness
First Line: Once I reached cold mountain
Last Line: Suddenly both eyes filled with tears
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Grief; Guests; Mountains; Solitude; Sorrow; Sadness; Visiting; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Loneliness
Once I reached Cold Mountain
I stayed for thirty years
recently visiting family and friends
most had left for the Yellow Springs
slowly fading like a dying candle
or surging past like a flowing stream
today facing my solitary shadow
suddenly both eyes filled with tears
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