Nature
The Butterfly
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Nature
Away goes the butterfly,
To catch it I will never try;
The butterfly's about to 'light,
I would not have it if I might.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Butterfly.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/3/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Butterfly.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/3/.
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