Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1807–1867) British songwriter, composer, poet and author
Lament of the Irish Emigrant
“Mary had a little lamb, its fleece electrostatic / And everywhere Mary went, the lights became erratic.”
— David Foster Wallace, book Infinite Jest
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