Living
Don't Be Cruel
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
A mule going up hill,
A donkey on the street,
Or a horse coming down hill
You never ought to beat.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Don't Be Cruel.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/89/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Don't Be Cruel.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/89/.
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