English poem
Epigrams, LXXX (Artistically set to grace)
by Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
Artistically set to grace The wall of a dissecting-place, A human pericardium Was fastened with a bit of gum, While, simply underrunning it, The one word, “Charity,” was writ To show the student band that hovered About it what it once had covered.
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