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Soldier and Civilian (1842-1913?)

Cloaked in a Civil War Cape Swaggered the fierce And fearless and cavalier shape: Proud Ambrose Bierce. Editor, author and wit, Bierce had the zest And courage and cunning to fit Well in the West. Then when his days dwindled lean, Bierce rode away; Old Mexico swallowed him clean, Gulping her prey. Cynics like him are the last Men to seek fame, So bitterness out of the past Still dims his name.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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