<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342826" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In His Hand</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">De Young (in Chicago the story is told)<br>'Took his life in his hand,' like a warrior bold,<br>And stood before Buckley-who thought him behind,<br>For Buckley, the man-eating monster is blind.<br>'Count fairly the ballots!' so rang the demand<br>Of the gallant De Young, with his life in his hand.<br>'Tis done, and the struggle is ended. No more<br>He havocs the battle-field, gilt with the gore<br>Of slain reputations. No more he defies<br>His 'lying opponents' with deadlier lies.<br>His trumpet is hushed and his belt is unbound<br>His enemies' characters cumber the ground.<br>They bloat on the war-plain with ink all asoak,<br>The fortunate candidates perching to croak.<br>No more he will charge, with a daring divine,<br>His foes with corruption, his friends by the line.<br>The thunders are stilled of the horrid campaign,<br>De Young is triumphant, and never again<br>Will he need, with his life in his hand, to roar:<br>'Count fair or, by G--, I will die on your floor!'<br>His life has been spared, for his sins to atone,<br>And the hand that he took it in washed with cologne.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ambrose+Bierce">Ambrose Bierce</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342826" data-title="In His Hand de Ambrose Bierce" data-description="De Young (in Chicago the story is told) 'Took his life in his hand,' like a warrior bold, And stood before Buckley-who thought him behind, For Buckley, the man-eating monster is blind. 'Count fairly the ballots!' so rang the demand Of the gallant ..."></div> </div> </div>

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