Death & Dying

In Sacramento City here

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)

Death & Dying

In Sacramento City here
This wooden monument we rear
In memory of Dr. May,
Whose smile even Death could not allay.
He's buried, Heaven alone knows where,
And only the hyenas care;
This May-pole merely marks the spot
Where, ere the wretch began to rot,
Fame's trumpet, with its brazen bray,
Bawled; "Who (and why) was Dr. May?"

MLA

Bierce, Ambrose. “In Sacramento City here.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/425/.

Chicago

Bierce, Ambrose. “In Sacramento City here.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/425/.

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