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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 11 by HAN SHAN

First Line: GIVE ME A HIDDEN EDDY
Last Line: NOWADAYS LASTS HOW MANY YEARS
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; NATURE; SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;

Give me a hidden eddy
a residence free from dust and noise
paths of newly trampled grass
clouds above for neighbors
birds to help me sing
no one asking for sermons
springtime for this Saha tree
nowadays lasts how many years



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