 | The collected works of Ambrose Bierce |  |
NIMROD
There were brave men, some one has truly said,Before Atrides (those were mostly dead
Behind him) and long ages ere you were
Actæon lived, Nimrod and Bahram-Gur.
In strength and speed and daring they excelled:
The stag they overtook, the lion felled.
Ah, yes, great hunters flourished before you,
And—for Munchausen lived—great talkers too.
There'll be no more; there's much to kill, but—well,
You have left nothing in the world to tell!
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