JUSTICE
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They cursed her with the curse of God, They smote her with His awful Name: With brands of fire they branded her, And brands of shame. She fell beside the road and lay Silent within the sounding place; A dog turned from the passers-by And licked her face. Their anger melted into tears; They wept for her they had disowned— They bore her to her grave, and then The dog they stoned.