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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 279, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: Amid a thousand clouds and streams Last Line: Silent like a river in fall Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Ascesticism; Chinese Literature; Idleness; Quiet Life; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence | |||
Amid a thousand clouds and streams there's an idle man somewhere roaming the mountains during the day sleeping below the cliffs at night watching springs and autumns pass free of cares and earthly burdens happy clinging to nothing silent like a river in fall | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S ENCROACHING by CHARLES SIMIC NIKOS AT 42 by REETIKA VAZIRANI ODE ON INDOLENCE by JOHN KEATS IDLENESS by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL VAIN EXCUSE by WALTER CONRAD ARENSBERG THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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