Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 - 26 December 1913 / Horse Cave Creek, Ohio)
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Democracy
Let slaves and subjects with unvaried psalms
Before their sovereign execute salaams;
The freeman scorns one idol to adore
Tom, Dick and Harry and himself are four.
Ambrose Bierce
Submitted: Thursday, September 27, 2012
Poems by Ambrose Bierce : 161 / 446
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