Living
My Teacher and I
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
As the sun came up, a ball of red,
My teacher rode on his horse ahead,
While I followed close on my dragon steed,
He by the street and I by the mead.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “My Teacher and I.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/48/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “My Teacher and I.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/48/.
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