Social Commentaries
A Serenade
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
"Sas agapo sas agapo,"
He sang beneath her lattice.
"'Sas agapo'?" she murmured--"O,
I wonder, now, what that is!"
Was she less fair that she did bear
So light a load of knowledge?
Are loving looks got out of books,
Or kisses taught in college?
Of woman's lore give me no more
Than how to love,--in many
A tongue men brawl: she speaks them all
Who says "I love," in any.
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “A Serenade.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/337/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “A Serenade.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/337/.
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