Social Commentaries
Poesy
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
Successive bards pursue Ambition's fire
That shines, Oblivion, above thy mire.
The latest mounts his predecessor's trunk,
And sinks his brother ere himself is sunk.
So die ingloriously Fame's élite,
But dams of dunces keep the line complete.
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “Poesy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/184/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “Poesy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/184/.
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