Social Commentaries

Two Methods

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

From Shapes of Clay (1903)

Social Commentaries

To bucks and ewes by the Good Shepherd fed
The Priest delivers masses for the dead,
And even from estrays outside the fold
Death for the masses he would not withhold.
The Parson, loth alike to free or kill,
Forsakes the souls already on the grill,
And, God's prerogative of mercy shamming,
Spares living sinners for a harder damning.

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Bierce, Ambrose. “Two Methods.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/373/.

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