Living
Flower Pot
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
A wee little flower-pot, very deep green,
With just the sweetest flowers that ever were seen;
Mother with her babies playing very funny,
Father doing business, making lots of money,
Grandpa very old, but never going to die,
Grandma just as bright as a star in the sky.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Flower Pot.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/90/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Flower Pot.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/90/.
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