Poem: “The Wild Goat” by Claude McKay

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The Wild Goat

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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.

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American Literature – Children Books –  American Poetry – Claude McKay – Poems by Claude McKay

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