The “Mad Poet,” born in Bath, ME, on the 18th of June 1798; died in New York City on the 5th of March 1842. He was an eccentric character, about whose life little was known until he came to New York City in 1819. He was the author of the oft-quoted lines,
| “Night drew her sable curtain down | |
| And pinned it with a star.” |
Among his publications were the following books: A Review of the Eve of Eternity, and Other Poems (1820); The Elixir of Moonshine, by the Mad Poet (1822); The Belles of Broadway (1836); and A Cross and a Coronet (1841).
