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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 181 by HAN SHAN

First Line: A PITIFUL HUNDRED-YEAR HOUSE
Last Line: TO REBUILD WOULD NEVER WORK
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; DECAY; HOUSES; ROT; DECADENCE;

A pitiful hundred-year house
its sides have caved in
its walls are cracked
its beams are askew
its tiles lie shattered
its decay won't stop
may as well let it blow down
to rebuild would never work



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