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As scarcely worthy of such holy ground, No other monument is near it found. A figure closely veil'd bends o'er the stone, Only the arm with its strange bracelet shown— A serpent twining round: beneath are graved A few brief words, that passing pity craved— "Pray for the wounded heart, the sinful deed;" And, half effaced, a name—"."