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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 134 by HAN SHAN

First Line: YESTERDAY WAS SO LONG AGO
Last Line: WE LOOKED BUT COULDN'T SPEAK
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; NATURE; SILENCE;

Yesterday was so long ago
the scene so worthy of sighs
above was a path of peach trees and plums
below was an iris-lined shore
and someone was wearing fine silk
and kingfisher plumes in my home
we saw each other and tried to call
we looked but couldn't speak



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