Living
The Little Girl's Dream
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
There was a little girl and she dreamed, folks say,
That her future mother-in-law came one day,
And gold and plated presents brought,
And a flowered gown and embroidered coat.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Little Girl's Dream.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/38/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Little Girl's Dream.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/38/.
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