"It seems to be a fearsome coast,— No trees, no hospitable whiffs,— God help the crew whose ship is lost On yonder homicidal cliffs!"
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee, "Prima Vista", in The Belleville Intelligencer, vol. 34, no. 10 (24 April 1868), p. 1
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