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Whilst twilight's curtain spreading far,
Was pinned with a single star.
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Tis vain for present fame to wish—
Our persons first must be forgotten;
For poets are like stinking fish—
They never shine until they're rotten.
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Ha! see where the wild-blazing Grog-shop appears,
As the red waves of wretchedness swell;
How it burns on the edge of tempestuous years—
The horrible Light-house of Hell!
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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Born:
1798
Died:
1842
(aged 44)
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McDonald Clarke was a poet of some fame in New York City in the early part of the 19th century. He was an influence on, and eulogized by Walt Whitman; but widely known as "the mad poet of Broadway", a label with which he identified.
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