Social Commentaries
A Builder
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
I saw the devil--he was working free:
A customs-house he builded by the sea.
"Why do you this?" The devil raised his head;
"Churches and courts I've built enough," he said.
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “A Builder.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/362/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “A Builder.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/362/.
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