Nature
The Dead Cicada
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Nature
The rain has come
And has overflowed,
The dew and the frost
Are on the road.
The last of the grass
Has drooped its head,
The cicada is on it,
Frozen dead.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Dead Cicada.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/92/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Dead Cicada.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/92/.
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