When men at candidacy don't connive,
From that suspicion if their friends would free 'em,
The teeth and nails with which they did not strive
Should be exhibited in a museum.
More verses by Ambrose Bierce
- An Epitaph [hangman's Hands Laid In This Tomb An]
- An Epitaph [here Lies Greer Harrison, A Well Cracked Louse]
- Disappointment
- Finis Aeternitatis
- A False Prophecy
