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.


The Elixir of Moonshine (1820).

McDonald Clarke Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.