Social Commentaries

For Wounds

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

From Shapes of Clay (1903)

Social Commentaries

O bear me, gods, to some enchanted isle
Where woman's tears can antidote her smile.

MLA

Bierce, Ambrose. “For Wounds.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/332/.

Chicago

Bierce, Ambrose. “For Wounds.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/332/.

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