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THREE QUAKERS by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG

Poet Analysis

First Line: I MET THREE QUAKERS ON A HILL
Last Line: WOULD MAKE HIM BE A QUAKER GOAT.
Subject(s): FRIENDS, RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF; QUAKERS;
I met three Quakers on a hill,
And thee'd and thou'd with them until
I thought I was a Quaker, too,
And Quakers all the birds that flew

And Quakers all the trees that stood
Like little angels being good,
Whilst Quaker thoughts paced through my brain
Like Quaker maidens down a lane.

Alas, a solemn goat came by,
And butted me, and closed his eye;
And not a Quaker I could quote
Would make him be a Quaker goat.


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