Social Commentaries

Rebuke

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

From Shapes of Clay (1903)

Social Commentaries

When Admonition's hand essays
Our greed to curse,
Its lifted finger oft displays
Our missing purse.

MLA

Bierce, Ambrose. “Rebuke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/218/.

Chicago

Bierce, Ambrose. “Rebuke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/218/.

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