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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (Амброз Гвиннет Бирс)


Adair Welcker, Poet


The Swan of Avon died—the Swan
Of Sacramento'll soon be gone;
And when his death-song he shall coo,
Stand back, or it will kill you too.

"The Swan of Avon" was the name Ben Jonson gave to Shakespeare.

Writer Adair Welker, the self-proclaimed "Sacramento Shakespeare" was a longtime victim of Bierce's satire.



Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce's other poems:
  1. A Builder
  2. Polyphemus
  3. Convalescent
  4. An Inscription
  5. Matter for Gratitude


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