The pig is taught by sermons and epistles
To think the God of Swine has snout and bristles.Judibras.
Piety
About the poet
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
1842 - 1914/AmericanAmbrose Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, and reared in Kosciusko County, Ind. He was a printer's apprentice before enlisting and serving with distinction in the Civil War. He launched a journalistic career in California and continued…
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O Intelligence Moving The Third Heaven
O Intelligences moving the third heaven,the reasons heed that from my heart come forth,
With a Book
Words shouting, singing, smiling, frowning--Sense lacking.
Safety-Clutch
Once I seen a human ruinIn a elevator-well.
Weather
Once I dipt into the future far as human eye could see,And I saw the Chief Forecaster, dead as any one can be--
To the Bartholdi Statue
O Liberty, God-gifted--Young and immortal maid--
