Social Commentaries
Judgment
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
I drew aside the Future's veil
And saw upon his bier
The poet Whitman. Loud the wail
And damp the falling tear.
"He's dead--he is no more!" one cried,
With sobs of sorrow crammed;
"No more? He's this much more," replied
Another: "he is damned!"
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Codex Note
1885
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “Judgment.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/346/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “Judgment.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/346/.
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