Death & Dying
When Gabriel blows a dreadful blast
From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)
Death & Dying
When Gabriel blows a dreadful blast
And swears that Time's forever past,
Days, weeks, months, years all one at last,
Then Asa Fiske, laid here, distressed,
Will beat (and skin his hand) his breast:
There'll be no rate of interest!
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “When Gabriel blows a dreadful blast.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/437/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “When Gabriel blows a dreadful blast.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/437/.
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