 | The collected works of Ambrose Bierce |  |
AN ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Philander Knox!—I know him by the sound;His sleep, unlike his learning, is profound.
No dreams of duty mar his loud repose,
Nor strain the cobwebs tethering his nose,
Which, roaring ever like the solemn sea,
Proclaims to all the world that this is he.
In thought a tortoise but in act a hare,
Slow to decide and impotent to dare,
Yet no important crisis he ignores,
But sleeps upon it, and for action—snores.
| The collected works of Ambrose Bierce | |