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 | The collected works of Ambrose Bierce |  |
AN EPIGRAMMATIST
Once Hector Stuart in his tersest moodTook up his pencil. “By the holy rood!”
He cried, “I'll write an epigram.” He did—
Nay, by the holy mile his pencil slid.
| The collected works of Ambrose Bierce | |