First Line: COLD MOUNTAIN IS NOTHING BUT CLOUDS Last Line: HE REMAINS A MAN BEYOND FORM Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; HERMITS; MOUNTAINS; SOLITUDE; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN); LONELINESS;
Cold Mountain is nothing but clouds secluded and free of dust a hermit owns a cushion of straw the moon is his lone lamp his bed of stone overlooks a pool his neighbors are tigers and deer preferring the joys of solitude he remains a man beyond form