 | The collected works of Ambrose Bierce |  |
[Judge Sawyer, whom in vain the people tried]
Judge Sawyer, whom in vain the people triedTo push from power, here is laid aside.
Death only from the bench could ever start
That clinging surface, his immortal part.
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This wooden monument we rear
In memory of Dr. May,
Whose smile even Death could not allay.
He's buried, Heaven alone knows where,
And only the hyenas care;
This May-pole merely marks the spot
Where, ere the wretch began to rot,
Fame's trumpet, with its brazen bray,
Bawled: “Who (and why) was Dr. May?”
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