An Epitaph by Ambrose Bierce — Read

Hangman's hands laid in this tomb an / Imp of Satan's getting, whom an / Ancient legend says that woman / Never bore -- he owed his birth / To Sin herself. From Hell to Earth / She brought the brat in secret state / And laid him at the Golden gate, / And they named him Henry Vrooman.

While with mortals here he stayed, / His father frequently he played.

Raised his birth-place and in other / Playful ways begot his mother.