<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342879" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ornithanthropos</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Let John P. Irish rise!' the edict rang<br>As when Creation into being sprang!<br>Nature, not clearly understanding, tried<br>To make a bird that on the air could ride.<br>But naught could baffle the creative plan<br>Despite her efforts 'twas almost a man.<br>Yet he had risen-to the bird a twin<br>Had she but fixed a wing upon his chin.</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=342879" data-title="Ornithanthropos de Ambrose Bierce" data-description="'Let John P. Irish rise!' the edict rang As when Creation into being sprang! Nature, not clearly understanding, tried To make a bird that on the air could ride. But naught could baffle the creative plan Despite her efforts 'twas almost a man. Yet ..."></div> </div> </div>

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