Living
Sweet Pill
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
My big son,
My own boy,
Baby is a sweet pill
That fills my soul with joy.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Sweet Pill.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/9/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Sweet Pill.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/9/.
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