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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 191 by HAN SHAN

First Line: THE CINNABAR HILLS RISE UP TO THE CLOUDS
Last Line: VINE LINKED TO VINE STREAM JOINED TO STREAM
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; MOUNTAINS; NATURE; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN);

The Cinnabar Hills rise up to the clouds
Five Peaks gaze far below from space
Wild Goose Pagoda towers above a ridge
an ancient Zen hall sits below a rainbow
wind sways the pines and Redwall is bare
fog veils the cliffs and conceals Immortal Road
blue sky reveals a thousand awesome peaks
vine linked to vine stream joined to stream



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