Upon the gallows hung a wretch,
Too sullied for the hell	
To which the law entitled him.
As nature's curtain fell
The one who bore him tottered in,
For this was woman's son.
"'T was all I had,” she stricken gasped;
Oh, what a livid boon! (Emily Dickinson)

Upon the gallows hung a wretch, Too sullied for the hell To which the law entitled him. As nature's curtain fell The one who bore him tottered in, For this was woman's son. "'T was all I had,” she stricken gasped; Oh, what a livid boon!

Emily Dickinson

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