Living
The Flower Seller
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
Flowers for sale,
Flowers for sale,
Come, buy my flowers,
Before they get stale.
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MLA
Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Flower Seller.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/102/.
Chicago
Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Flower Seller.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/102/.
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