History & Politics

An Enemy to Law and Order

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

From Shapes of Clay (1903)

History & Politics

A is defrauded of his land by B,
Who's driven from the premises by C.
D buys the place with coin of plundered E.
"That A's an Anarchist!" says F to G.

MLA

Bierce, Ambrose. “An Enemy to Law and Order.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/261/.

Chicago

Bierce, Ambrose. “An Enemy to Law and Order.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/261/.

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