Social Commentaries
Humility
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
Great poets fire the world with fagots big
That make a crackling racket,
But I'm content with but a whispering twig
To warm some single jacket.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “Humility.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/402/.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “Humility.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/402/.
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