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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 131 by HAN SHAN

First Line: BORN THIRTY YEARS AGO
Last Line: TO LIE IN A STREAM AND WASH OUT MY EARS
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; MOUNTAINS; RETIREMENT; TRAVEL; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN); JOURNEYS; TRIPS;

Born thirty years ago
I've traveled countless miles
along rivers where the green rushes swayed
to the frontier where the red dust swirled
I've made elixirs and tried to become immortal
I've read the classics and written odes
and now I've retired to Cold Mountain
to lie in a stream and wash out my ears



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