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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 79 by HAN SHAN

First Line: I CHOSE A SECLUDED PLACE TO LIVE
Last Line: PICKING FERMS I PASS THE YEARS LEFT
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; HOME; SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;

I chose a secluded place to live
Tientai says it all
gibbons howl and the stream fog is cold
a view of the peak adjoins my rush door
I cut some thatch to roof a pine hut
I made a pool and channeled the spring
glad at last to put everything down
picking ferms I pass the years left



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