Ambrose Bierce(1842–1914?) · The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume V · On Stone Some Ante-Mortem Epitaphs · 1911?
This grave holds Barnes in all his glory— Master he of oratOry. When he died the people, weeping (For they thought him only sleeping) Cried: “Although he now is quiet And his tongue is not a riot, Soon, the spell that binds him breaking, He a motion will be making. Then, alas, he’ll rise and speak In support of it a week.”