Nature
The Spider
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Nature
Oh, my dear brother spider,
With your stomach big and red,
From the eaves you are hanging
On a single little thread.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Spider.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/71/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Spider.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/71/.
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