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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 213 by HAN SHAN

First Line: I HIKED YESTERDAY TO THE SUMMIT
Last Line: IS NOW A PILE OF ASHES
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; HIKING; MOUNTAINS; TREES; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN);

I hiked yesterday to the summit
and peered down a thousand-foot cliff
a tree stood at the edge
the wind bared its two limbs
the rain had stripped it of leaves
the sun had dried it like dust
alas such a once-verdant bloom
is now a pile of ashes



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