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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 26 by HAN SHAN

First Line: SINCE I CAME TO COLD MOUNTAIN
Last Line: HEAVEN AND EARTH CAN CRUMBLE AND CHANGE
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; COMFORT; MOUNTAINS; NATURE; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN);

Since I came to Cold Mountain
how many thousand years have passed
accepting my fate I fled to the woods
to dwell and gaze in freedom
no one visits the cliffs
forever hidden by clouds
soft grass serves as a mattress
my quilt is the dark blue sky
a boulder makes a fine pillow
Heaven and Earth can crumble and change



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