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THE BRIDE by AMBROSE BIERCE

Poem Explanation

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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