English poem
At the Hour of the Horse avoid raising a roof-tree
by Eunice Tietjens (1884–1944)
At the Hour of the Horse avoid raising a roof-tree, for by the trampling of his hoofs it may be beaten down; And at the Hour of the cunning Rat go not near a soothsayer, for by his cunning he may mislead the oracle, and the hopes of the enquirer come to naught.
China of the Tourists