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Poem by Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce


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


Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce's other poems:
  1. Convalescent
  2. A Builder
  3. Matter for Gratitude
  4. The Valley of Dry Bones
  5. An Inscription


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