Social Commentaries
Adair Welcker, Poet
From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)
Social Commentaries
The Swan of Avon died--the Swan
Of Sacramento'll soon be gone;
And when his death-song he shall coo,
Stand back, or it will kill you too.
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MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “Adair Welcker, Poet.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/88/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “Adair Welcker, Poet.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/88/.
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