Living
Unfortunate
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
He pulled up the wick
With the candlestick knife,
And found he had married
A bald-headed wife.
Her eyes were askew,
And her mouth was awry,
And the silly old fellow
Was so mad he could cry.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Unfortunate.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/43/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Unfortunate.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/43/.
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