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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TREES, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Since I became a caliph I have known
Last Line: We yawn, and plead the heaviness of state.
Subject(s): Trees
First Line: Since I became a caliph I have known
Last Line: We yawn, and plead the heaviness of state.
Subject(s): Trees
Since I became a caliph I have known
No councillors so prudent as the trees.
When I walk forth I never go alone,
And they are with me when I take my ease.
We spend the night in revelry and song;
By day we wag our beards and sit sedate.
If rash intruder question us too long,
We yawn, and plead the heaviness of state.
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