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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 296 by HAN SHAN

First Line: AS HUMANS WE HAVE NEEDS
Last Line: THE HEARTBREAK NEVER ENDS
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; GRIEF; SORROW; SADNESS;

As humans we have needs
but may our loves be few
we get old but not free
slowly we're driven off
off to the desolate hills
where a lifetime of dreams is thrown away
why fix the fence when the sheep have gone
the heartbreak never ends



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