Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BRIDE, by AMBROSE BIERCE


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First Line: You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse
Last Line: "am reason, and the other was a dream."
Subject(s): Reason; Drinks & Drinking; Rerality; Dreams; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals; Wine; Nightmares


"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."





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