Born to a family of tradesmen in New York City, Charles Gayler began his career as a teacher before he moved to Ohio
The speaker of the poem, who is mourning the death of the woman he loves, gets drunk on Christmas Eve to deal with his loss.
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Born to a family of tradesmen in New York City, Charles Gayler began his career as a teacher before he moved to Ohio
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