Death & Dying
The Dead King
From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)
Death & Dying
Hawaii's King resigned his breath--
Our Legislature guffawed.
The awful dignity of death
Not any single rough awed.
But when our Legislators die
All Kings, Queens, Jacks and Aces cry.
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “The Dead King.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/171/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “The Dead King.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/171/.
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