I drew aside the Future's veil
And saw upon his bier
The poet Whitman. Loud the wail
And damp the falling tear.

'He's dead-he is no more!' one cried,
With sobs of sorrow crammed;
'No more? He's this much more,' replied
Another: 'he is damned!'

(C) Ambrose Bierce
03/12/2017


Best Poems of Ambrose Bierce

• J.f.b.
• Rebuke
• Rimer
• Elegy
• Thersites
• Polyphemus
• Piety
• Slander
• On Stone
• Indicted
• Peace
• An Actor
• A Man
• A Bubble
• A Spade
• The Legatee
• To Maude
• T.a.h.
• The Woful Tale Of Mr. Peters
• An Alibi