Living
The Farmer's Guide
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
In Spring, plant the turnip,
In summer, the beet,
When harvest is over,
We sow the buckwheat.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Farmer's Guide.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/58/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Farmer's Guide.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/58/.
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