Aeronaut, you’re fairly caught,
Despite your bubble’s leaven: Out of the skies a lady’s eyes
Have brought you down to Heaven!
No more, no more you’ll freely soar
Above the grass and gravel: Henceforth you’ll walk-and she will chalk
The line that you’re to travel!
Ambrose Bierce, (born June 24, 1842, Meigs county, Ohio, U.S.—died 1914, Mexico?), American newspaperman, wit, satirist, poet, and author of sardonic short stories based on themes of death and horror. His life ended in an unsolved mystery. He disappeared in Mexico during Mexico’s horrific civil war.