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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 79, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: I chose a secluded place to live
Last Line: Picking ferms I pass the years left
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Home; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: I chose a secluded place to live
Last Line: Picking ferms I pass the years left
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Home; Solitude; Loneliness
I chose a secluded place to live
Tientai says it all
gibbons howl and the stream fog is cold
a view of the peak adjoins my rush door
I cut some thatch to roof a pine hut
I made a pool and channeled the spring
glad at last to put everything down
picking ferms I pass the years left
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