Living
The Lazy Woman
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
The lazy woman
She sweeps the floor,
And leaves the dirt
Inside the door.
She cooks her rice
In a dirty pot,
And sleeps at night
On an old straw cot.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Lazy Woman.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/96/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Lazy Woman.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/96/.
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