Social Commentaries
Ye Foe to Cathaye
From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)
Social Commentaries
O never an oathe sweares he,
And never a pig-taile jerkes;
With a brick-batte he ne lurkes
For to buste y'e crust, perdie,
Of y'e man from over sea,
A-synging as he werkes.
For he knows ful well, y's youth,
A tricke of exceeding worth:
And he plans withouten ruth
A conflagration's birth!
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “Ye Foe to Cathaye.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/9/.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “Ye Foe to Cathaye.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/9/.
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