Spring in New Hampshire/The Choice

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Spring in New Hampshire
by Claude McKay
The Choice
3948863Spring in New Hampshire — The ChoiceClaude McKay

The Choice

O you would clothe me in silken frocks
And house me from the cold,
And bind with bright bands my glossy locks
And buy me chains of gold;

And give me—meekly to do my will—
The hapless sons of men:—
But the wild goat bounding on the barren hill
Droops in the grassy pen.