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 | The collected works of Ambrose Bierce |  |
A VOICE FROM PEKIN
“‘Empress of China’! I nor rule nor reign:I wear the purple but to hide the chain—
Free only to hold back the open door
For foreign devils drunk upon my floor.”
| The collected works of Ambrose Bierce | |