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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 137 by HAN SHAN

First Line: LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I WENT HOME
Last Line: AND MY TEMPLES WEREN'T THEIR OLD COLOR
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; DREAMS; HOMECOMING; MARRIAGE; NIGHTMARES; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;

Last night I dreamt I went home
and saw my wife at her loom
she stopped the shuttle as if in thought
then raised it as if without strength
I called and she turned to look
she looked but didn't know me
I guess we'd been apart too many years
and my temples weren't their old color



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