The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume IV: Shapes of ClayWildside Press LLC, 01/06/2008 - 372 من الصفحات Volume 4 of the "Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce" (title: "Shapes of Clay") is a facsimile reprint of the 250-copy limited edition of 1910. |
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الصفحة 21
... those lonely hills - ah me , How worn and weary they appeared to be ! Between their feet long dusty fissures clove The plain in aimless windings to the sea . One hill there was which , parted from the rest OF AMBROSE BIERCE 21.
... those lonely hills - ah me , How worn and weary they appeared to be ! Between their feet long dusty fissures clove The plain in aimless windings to the sea . One hill there was which , parted from the rest OF AMBROSE BIERCE 21.
الصفحة 22
Shapes of Clay Ambrose Bierce. One hill there was which , parted from the rest , Stood where the eastern water curved a - west . Silent and passionless it stood . I thought I saw a scar upon its giant breast . The sun with sullen and ...
Shapes of Clay Ambrose Bierce. One hill there was which , parted from the rest , Stood where the eastern water curved a - west . Silent and passionless it stood . I thought I saw a scar upon its giant breast . The sun with sullen and ...
الصفحة 23
... there . Some asked : " Who was he ? " Others in the throng Replied : " A wicked monk who slept at prayer . " Some said I was a saint , and some a bear- These all were women . So the young and gay , Visibly wrinkling as they fared along ...
... there . Some asked : " Who was he ? " Others in the throng Replied : " A wicked monk who slept at prayer . " Some said I was a saint , and some a bear- These all were women . So the young and gay , Visibly wrinkling as they fared along ...
الصفحة 26
... there be abated fury and a decrement of sound . " For to - morrow will be Monday and the fifth day of November- Only day of opportunity before the final rush . Carpe diem ! go conciliate each person who's a member Of the other party ...
... there be abated fury and a decrement of sound . " For to - morrow will be Monday and the fifth day of November- Only day of opportunity before the final rush . Carpe diem ! go conciliate each person who's a member Of the other party ...
الصفحة 30
... there's none that's white ) Exceeded the need of my appetite , But I've bravely stuck to the needful work That a hungry domestic hog would shirk . I've eaten the fowl that the Fates commend To reluctant lips of the People's Friend ...
... there's none that's white ) Exceeded the need of my appetite , But I've bravely stuck to the needful work That a hungry domestic hog would shirk . I've eaten the fowl that the Fates commend To reluctant lips of the People's Friend ...
المحتوى
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THE JACK OF CLUBS | 98 |
TO BRIDGET | 104 |
PAGE | 106 |
TO A CENSOR | 110 |
A YEARS CASUALTIES | 118 |
A MEETING | 127 |
LAUS LUCIS | 138 |
ONE OF THE UNFAIR SEX | 205 |
THE FOLLOWING PAIR | 214 |
CONTENTMENT | 221 |
THE WOMAN | 254 |
DISAVOWAL | 262 |
A SERENADE | 273 |
A WHIPPERIN | 315 |
A KING OF CRAFT | 347 |
TO OSCAR WILDE | 144 |
THE PASSING OF SHEP | 197 |
POESY | 357 |
COOPERATION | 368 |
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الصفحة 38 - Give thou more or less, as we Shall serve the right or serve the wrong. Confirm our freedom but so long As we are worthy to be free. But when (O, distant be the time!) Majorities in passion draw Insurgent swords to murder Law, And all the land is red with crime...
الصفحة 37 - And bends him from his nearer sky. God of my country and my race! So greater than the gods of old— So fairer than the prophets told Who dimly saw and feared thy face,— Who didst but half reveal thy will And gracious ends to their desire, Behind the dawn's advancing fire Thy tender day-beam veiling still,— To whom the unceasing suns belong, And cause is one with consequence,— To whose divine, inclusive sense The moan is blended with the song,— Whose laws, imperfect and unjust, Thy just and...
الصفحة 39 - But when (ah, distant be the time!) Majorities in passion draw Insurgent swords to murder Law, And all the land is red with crime; Or — nearer menace! — when the band Of feeble spirits cringe and plead To the gigantic strength of Greed, And fawn upon his iron hand ; — Nay, when the steps to State are worn In hollows by the feet of thieves, And Mammon sits among the sheaves And chuckles while the reapers mourn; Then stay thy miracle! — replace The broken throne, repair the chain, Restore the...