Versos English Ambrose Bierce Back to Nature

English poem

Back to Nature

by (1842–1914)

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Nathaniel, Julian, Hildegardy! Sure the stock is far from hardy, And the name once heard with awe Now provokes the loud guffaw— “Hawthorne” in the memory dear, “Haw-haw-hawthorne” in the ear!