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The Bride (II)
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
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The moon shines bright,
The moon shines fair,
The girl wants wedding gifts to wear in her hair;
A few blocks of powder,
Some incense tips,
And two hundred rouge-pads to paint cheeks and lips.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Bride (II).” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/78/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Bride (II).” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/78/.
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