Living
Forcing the City Gates
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
He stuck a feather in his hat,
And hurried to the town,
And children met him with a horse,
For the gates were broken down.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Forcing the City Gates.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/133/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Forcing the City Gates.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/133/.
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