Social Commentaries
To a Critic of Tennyson
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
Affronting fool, subdue your transient light;
When Wisdom's dull dares Folly to be bright:
If Genius stumble in the path to fame,
'Tis decency in dunces to go lame.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “To a Critic of Tennyson.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/392/.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “To a Critic of Tennyson.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/392/.
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