Social Commentaries

Unexpounded

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

From Shapes of Clay (1903)

Social Commentaries

On Evidence, on Deeds, on Bills,
On Copyhold, on Loans, on Wills,
Lawyers great books indite;
The creaking of their busy quills
I've never heard on Right.

MLA

Bierce, Ambrose. “Unexpounded.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/376/.

Chicago

Bierce, Ambrose. “Unexpounded.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/376/.

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