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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 7 by HAN SHAN

First Line: A MOTH-BROWED GIRL IN TOWN
Last Line: THE HIBISCUS CAN'T BEAR COLD
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; GIRLS; LUTES; SINGING & SINGERS; SONGS;

A moth-browed girl in town
how her pendants chime
teasing a parrot before the flowers
playing a lute beneath the moon
her singing echoes for months
thousands watch her briefest dance
but surely this won't last
the hibiscus can't bear cold



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