 | The collected works of Ambrose Bierce |  |
A FISH COMMISSIONER
Great Joseph D. Redding—illustrious name!—Considered a fish-horn the trumpet of Fame.
That goddess was angry, and what do you think?
Her trumpet she filled with a gallon of ink,
And all through the Press, with a devilish glee,
She sputtered and spattered the name of J. D.
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