Social Commentaries
Fleet Strother
From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)
Social Commentaries
What! you were born, you animated doll,
Within the shadow of the Capitol?
'Twas always thought (and Bancroft so assures
His trusting readers) it was reared in yours.
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “Fleet Strother.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/150/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “Fleet Strother.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/150/.
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