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It came from the prison this morning, / Close-twisted, neat-lettered, and flat; / It lies the hall doorway adorning, / A very good style of a mat.
Prison-made! how the spirit is moven / As we think of its story of dread / What wiles of the wicked are woven / And spun in its intricate thread!