Meekness

noun

Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

    M is for Moses,

        Who slew the Egyptian.

    As sweet as a rose is
    The meekness of Moses.
    No monument shows his

        Post-mortem inscription,

    But M is for Moses

        Who slew the Egyptian.

'The Biographical Alphabet'


—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary