Social Commentaries
Omnes Vanitas
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
Alas for ambition's possessor!
Alas for the famous and proud!
The Isle of Manhattan's best dresser
Is wearing a hand-me-down shroud.
The world has forgotten his glory;
The wagoner sings on his wain,
And Chauncey Depew tells a story,
And jackasses laugh in the lane.
Cite this poem
MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “Omnes Vanitas.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/250/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “Omnes Vanitas.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/250/.
Read this poem with the Codex →