Shapes of Clay

by Ambrose Bierce


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A BUILDER


A BUILDER.

I saw the devil--he was working free:
A customs-house he builded by the sea.
"Why do you this?" The devil raised his head;
"Churches and courts I've built enough," he said.

 

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