Black Beetles in Amber
by Ambrose Bierce
THE DEAD KING
THE DEAD KING
Hawaii's King resigned his breath--
Our Legislature guffawed.
The awful dignity of death
Not any single rough awed.
But when our Legislators die
All Kings, Queens, Jacks and Aces cry.
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