Ambrose Bierce

24 June 1842 - 26 December 1913 / Horse Cave Creek, Ohio

On The Wedding Of The Aeronaut

Aeronaut, you're fairly caught,
Despite your bubble's leaven:
Out of the skies a lady's eyes
Have brought you down to Heaven!

No more, no more you'll freely soar
Above the grass and gravel:
Henceforth you'll walk-and she will chalk
The line that you're to travel!
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