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Poetry · English

Black Beetles in Amber

by Ambrose Bierce

Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce, an English-language classic.

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Black Beetles in Amber is a work by Ambrose Bierce.

From the opening pages: “IN EXPLANATION THE KEY NOTE CAIN AN OBITUARIAN A COMMUTED SENTENCE A LIFTED FINGER TWO STATESMEN MATTER FOR GRATITUDE THREE KINDS OF A ROGUE A MAN YE FOE TO CATHAYE SAMUEL SHORTRIDGE SURPRISED POSTERITY'S AWARD AN ART CRITIC THE SPIRIT OF A SPONGE ORNITHANTHROPOS TO E.S. SALOMON DENNIS KEARNEY FINIS ÆTERNITATIS THE VETERAN AN "EXHIBIT" THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF A SOUL AN ACTOR FAMINE'S REALM THE MACKAIAD A SONG IN PRAISE A POET'S FATHER A COWARD TO MY LIARS PHIL CRIMMINS CODEX HONORIS TO W.H.L.B. EMANCIPATION JOHNDONKEY HELL BY FALSE PRETENSES LUCIFER OF THE TORCH THE "WHIRLIGIG OF TIME" A RAILROAD LACKEY THE LEGATEE "DIED OF A ROSE" A LITERARY HANGMAN AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR A CONTROVERSIALIST MENDAX THE RETROSPECTIVE BIRD THE OAKLAND DOG THE UNFALLEN BRAVE A CELEBRATED CASE COUPLETS A RETORT A VISION OF RESURRECTION MASTER OF THREE ARTS THERSITES A SOCIETY LEADER EXPOSITOR VERITATIS TO "COLONEL" DAN BURNS GEORGE A. KNIGHT UNARMED A…”

Author
Ambrose Bierce
Category
Poetry
Language
English

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