Social Commentaries
Aspiration
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
Lo! the wild rabbit, happy in the pride
Of qualities to meaner beasts denied,
Surveys the ass with reverence and fear,
Adoring his superior length of ear,
And says: "No living creature, lean or fat,
But wishes in his heart to be like That!"
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “Aspiration.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/251/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “Aspiration.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/251/.
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