Ambrose Bierce

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

To A Critic Of Tennyson

Affronting fool, subdue your transient light;
When Wisdom's dull dares Folly to be bright:
If Genius stumble in the path to fame,
'Tis decency in dunces to go lame.
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