The Devil's Dictionary: Requiem

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
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REQUIEM

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A mass for the dead which the minor poets assure us the winds sing o'er the graves of their favorites. Sometimes, by way of providing a varied entertainment, they sing a dirge.

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