A Bequest To Music
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
'Let music flourish!' So he said and died.
Hark! ere he's gone the minstrelsy begins:
The symphonies ascend, a swelling tide,
Melodious thunders fill the welkin wide
The grand old lawyers, chinning on their chins!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 24, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 217 |
Words | 38 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
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