The collected works of Ambrose Bierce

Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914?)

VOLUME I ASHES OF THE BEACON THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW FOR THE AHKOOND JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

VOLUME IV SHAPES OF CLAY

VOLUME V BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER

VOLUME VII THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

VOLUME VI

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AN EPIGRAMMATIST

Once Hector Stuart in his tersest mood
Took up his pencil. “By the holy rood!”
He cried, “I'll write an epigram.” He did—
Nay, by the holy mile his pencil slid.

University of Virginia Library

AN EPIGRAMMATIST