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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 69 by HAN SHAN

First Line: IF YOU'RE STILL AND NEVER SPEAK
Last Line: WILL NEVER SEE A HARVEST DAY
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; LEGACIES; POETRY & POETS; SILENCE;

If you're still and never speak
what will posterity have to relate
if you hide in the woods and swamps
how will your wisdom reveal itself
withering isn't healthy
wind and frost bring early ills
a clay ox plowing a rocky field
will never see a harvest day



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