Social Commentaries
The Bride
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
"You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse
I made a second marriage in my house--
Divorced old barren Reason from my bed
And took the Daughter of the Vine to spouse."
So sang the Lord of Poets. In a gleam
Of light that made her like an angel seem,
The Daughter of the Vine said: "I myself
Am Reason, and the Other was a Dream."
Cite this poem
MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “The Bride.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/404/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “The Bride.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/404/.
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