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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 143 by HAN SHAN

First Line: OLD CHUNG NORTH OF TOWN
Last Line: BUT HAD SUCH COLD INSIDES
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; DEATH; WEALTH; DEAD, THE; RICHES; FORTUNES;
Old Chung north of town
filled his home with meat and wine
the day Old Chung's wife died
mourners filled the hall
when at last Old Chung died
not one person cried
they consumed his meat and wine
but had such cold insides



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