Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Quotes | BODY-SNATCHER, n. A robber of grave-worms. One who...

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Quotes

BODY-SNATCHER, n. A robber of grave-worms. One who supplies the young physicians with that with which the old physicians have supplied the undertaker. The hyena.One night, a doctor said, last fall, I and my comrades, four in all, When visiting a graveyard stood Within the shadow of a wall.While waiting for the moon to sink We saw a wild hyena slink About a new-made grave, and then Begin to excavate its brinkShocked by the horrid act, we made A sally from our ambuscade, And, falling on the unholy beast, Dispatched him with a pick and spade. --Bettel K. Jhones
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