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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 150 by HAN SHAN

First Line: SITTING ALONE I KEEP SLIPPING AWAY
Last Line: YEAREND FINDS ME OLD WITH REGRETS
Subject(s): AGING; CHINESE LITERATURE; NATURE; SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;

Sitting alone I keep slipping away
far off with the cares of my heart
clouds wander by the mountainside
wind rushes out the valley
gibbons swing from the trees
birds call through the forest
time slips past my temples
yearend finds me old with regrets



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