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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 71 by HAN SHAN

First Line: SOMEONE LIVES IN A MOUNTAIN GORGE
Last Line: HE STANDS ALONE STEADFAST
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; HERMITS; MOUNTAINS; SOLITUDE; HILLS; DOWNS (GREAT BRITAIN); LONELINESS;

Someone lives in a mountain gorge
cloud robe and sunset tassels
holding sweet plants he would share
but the road is long and hard
burdened by regrets and doubts
old and unaccomplished
called by others crippled
he stands alone steadfast



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