Social Commentaries
An Undress Uniform
From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)
Social Commentaries
The apparel does not proclaim the man--
Polonius lied like a partisan,
And Salomon still would a hero seem
If (Heaven dispel the impossible dream!)
He stood in a shroud on the hangman's trap,
His eye burning holes in the black, black cap.
And the crowd below would exclaim amain:
"He's ready to fall for his country again!"
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “An Undress Uniform.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/71/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “An Undress Uniform.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/71/.
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