Hey Stoner, this was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in an introduction to the scarlet letter entitled "the custom house." Here's the link if you want to read more. The section I posted is from verse 39. Good stuff.
Roadking Reviewed by Roadking on . A "But the object that most drew my attention, in the mysterious package, was a certain affair of fine red cloth, much worn and faded....It had been wrought, as was easy to perceive, with wonderful skill of needlework....This rag of scarlet cloth,- for time and wear and a sacrilegious moth had reduced it to little other than a rag,- on careful examination, assumed the shape of a letter. It was the capital letter A. By an accurate measurement, each limb proved to be precisely three inches and a Rating: 5