Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I WON'T BE A NUN, by ANONYMOUS


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I WON'T BE A NUN, by                    
First Line: "there never was a nun, sir"
Last Line: And won't be a nun!
Subject(s): Nuns


There never was a nun, sir,
Without a true call,
And call I have none, sir,
For nun, sir, at all;
And except in nun's flesh, sir,
No nun there can be,
And none of the kind, sir,
Was ever in me.

So I can't be a nun, sir,
I can't be a nun,
And more after that, sir,
I won't be a nun;
And I won't be a nun, sir,
Because -- let me see --
Because I don't want, sir,
A nun for to be!

And still if you tease me
To tell why I won't,
'Tis because -- if you please, sir,
Because I -- I won't;
So I can't be a nun, sir,
I won't be a nun,
I can't, and I oughtn't
And won't be a nun!





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