Living
The Nervous Man
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
A nervous disposition
He had when he was born,
To hurry to a fair one day,
He rose at early morn;
Put on his wife's green trousers
And started to the sale,
A riding on a donkey--
His face turned toward its tail.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Nervous Man.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/23/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Nervous Man.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/23/.
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