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Omnes Vanitas

by Ambrose Bierce

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Alas for ambition’s possessor! Alas for the famous and proud! The Isle of Manhattan’s best dresser Is wearing a hand-me-down shroud.

The world has forgotten his glory; The wagoner sings on his wain, And Chauncey Depew tells a story, And jackasses laugh in the lane.

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