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He is not drunk, who from the floor, can rise and stand and shout for more

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Shout
Floor
Drunk
Rise
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