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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 248 by HAN SHAN

First Line: HERE'S A POEM FOR YOU YOUNG LORDS
Last Line: HE WAS A FOOL FOR AZURE PEARL
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; DEATH; WEALTH; DEAD, THE; RICHES; FORTUNES;

Here's a poem for you young lords
hear the tale of Shih Ch'i-nu
his eight hundred servants
and thirty water mills
downstairs he raised fish and birds
upstairs he blew flutes and pipes
before a blade he stretched his neck
he was a fool for Azure Pearl



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