| Author: | Ambrose Bierce | ISBN: | 1230000283887 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher | Publication: | December 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ambrose Bierce |
| ISBN: | 1230000283887 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher |
| Publication: | December 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
"He says that he's instructed to reply
(And he has so instructed me) that sin
Like yours--and this poor gentleman's who's in
For bad advice to you--comes rather high;
But since, apparently, you both begin
To feel some pious promptings to the right,
And fain would turn your faces to the light,
Eternity seems all too long a term.
So 'tis commuted to one-half. I'm quite
Prepared, when that expires, to free the worm
And quench the fire." And, civilly retreating,
He left them holding their protracted meeting.
"He says that he's instructed to reply
(And he has so instructed me) that sin
Like yours--and this poor gentleman's who's in
For bad advice to you--comes rather high;
But since, apparently, you both begin
To feel some pious promptings to the right,
And fain would turn your faces to the light,
Eternity seems all too long a term.
So 'tis commuted to one-half. I'm quite
Prepared, when that expires, to free the worm
And quench the fire." And, civilly retreating,
He left them holding their protracted meeting.
