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! (McDonald Clarke)

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!

McDonald Clarke

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