Living
A Riddle (II)
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
A cock's comb flower he wears on his head.
For his clothes he needs neither thimble nor thread;
Though you be a great man, I'd have you know,
Ten thousand doors would open if he should crow.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “A Riddle (II).” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/77/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “A Riddle (II).” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/77/.
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