Social Commentaries

Inspiration

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

From Shapes of Clay (1903)

Social Commentaries

O hoary sculptor, stay thy hand:
I fain would view the lettered stone.
What carvest thou?--perchance some grand
And solemn fancy all thine own.
For oft to know the fitting word
Some humble worker God permits.
"Jain Ann Meginnis,
Agid 3rd.
He givith His beluved fits."

MLA

Bierce, Ambrose. “Inspiration.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/215/.

Chicago

Bierce, Ambrose. “Inspiration.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/215/.

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