Death & Dying
An Inscription
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Death & Dying
Erected to "Boss" Shepherd by the dear
Good folk he lived and moved among in peace--
Guarded on either hand by the police,
With soldiers in his front and in his rear.
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
For a Proposed Monument in Washington to Him who Made it Beautiful.
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “An Inscription.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/235/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “An Inscription.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/235/.
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