Death & Dying

Here Salomon's body reposes

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)

Death & Dying

Here Salomon's body reposes;
Bring roses, ye rebels, bring roses.
Set all of your drumsticks a-rolling,
Discretion and Valor extrolling:
Discretion--he always retreated--
And Valor--the dead he defeated.
Brings roses, ye loyal, bring roses:
As patriot here he re-poses.

MLA

Bierce, Ambrose. “Here Salomon's body reposes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/431/.

Chicago

Bierce, Ambrose. “Here Salomon's body reposes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/431/.

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