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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 282 by HAN SHAN

First Line: FROM A LOFTY MOUNTAIN PEAK
Last Line: A SONG IN WHICH THERE IS NO ZEN
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; MOUNTAINS; SINGING & SINGERS; ZEN BUDDHISM; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN); SONGS;

From a lofty mountain peak
the view extends forever
I sit here unknown
the lone moon lights Cold Spring
in the spring there is no moon
the moon is in the sky
I sing this one song
a song in which there is no Zen



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