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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 122 by HAN SHAN

First Line: WHERE CLOUDS AND MOUNTAINS ARE PILED TO THE SKY
Last Line: ARE MINDLESS LIKE THE RIVERS FLOWING EAST
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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