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Born in 1842 / Died in 1914 / United States / English

Poems by Ambrose Bierce

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Montefiore

...   A gleaming coin, he tossed it o’er our heads, &emsp ...

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The Mad Philosopher

... And voids from its unstored abysm ...

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T.a.h.

... spread, Like Sisyphus, a feast for Death, and spoke ...

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A Wreath Of Immortelles

...  ____ Rash mortal! stay thy feet and look around- ...

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Matter For Gratitude

... An earthquake here rolls harmless through the land, ...

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The Key Note

... But the roses bloomed on the graves of the doomed, ...

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At The Close Of The Canvass

... "Cease your writing, cease your shouting, cease your wild unearthly lying ...

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Adair Welcker, Poet

... And when his death-song he shall coo, ...

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Geotheos

... From the hands of the hills, and the fountains ...

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To E.S. Salomon

... Well,   The Southern brother where he fell ...

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Politics

... They creep to eminence through paths of shame, ...

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On The Wedding Of The Aeronaut

... Above the grass and gravel: Henceforth you'll walk-and she will chalk ...