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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PEACE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A MAN CHILD IS BORN (1839) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DOMESDAY BOOK: AT NICE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THEY PRAISE THE SUN by JOHN CROWE RANSOM GENEVIEVE AND ALEXANDRA (2) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON MOTHER EARTH by GEORGE SANTAYANA |