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The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe
Author
John Godfrey Saxe
Year
1872
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J. Osgood
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CONTENTS.
POEMS.
Page
The Poet's License
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
3
Treasure in Heaven
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5
I'm Growing Old
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6
The Story of Life
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
7
My Castle In Spain
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
9
Spes est Vates
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
10
The Gifts of the Gods
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
11
The Old Chapel-bell
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
13
Compensation
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
17
The Old Man's Motto
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
18
Maximilian
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
20
Wishing
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
21
The Way of the World
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
23
A Poet's Elegy
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
24
The Mourner à la Mode
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26
The Expected Ship
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
28
The Head and the Heart
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
29
The Proud Miss MacBride
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
30
The Masquerade
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
42
My Familiar
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
51
Love and Law
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
53
Rhyme of the Rail
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
57
The Briefless Barrister
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
60
Little Jerry, the Miller
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
62
How Cyrus laid the Cable
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
64
What has become of the Gods
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
66
The Cold-water Man
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
69
Comic Miseries
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
71
A Connubial Eclogue
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
74
Some Pencil-Pictures
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
76
Boys
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
79
The Superfluous Man
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
80
Toujours les Femmes
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
82
Girlhood
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
84
The Cockney
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
85
Captain Jones's Misadventure
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
87
Miralda
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
97
Le Jardin Mabile
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
103
The Beauty of Ballston
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
105
When I Mean to Marry
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
108
A Reflective Retrospect
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
109
The Knowing Child
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
112
Ideal and Real
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
114
The Game of Life
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
116
The Puzzled Census-Taker
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
118
The Heart and the Liver
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
119
About Husbands
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
120
Where there's a Will there's a Way
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
122
A Benedict's Appeal to a Bachelor
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
123
The Ghost-Player
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
127
"Do you think he is married?"
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
129
A College Reminiscence
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
130
Early Rising
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
133
The Lady Ann
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
135
How the Money goes
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
138
Saint Jonathan
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
139
Song of Saratoga
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
142
Tale of a Dog
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
143
The Jolly Mariner
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
147
Tom Brown's Day in Gotham
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
150
Ye Tailyor-Man
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
158
The Devil of Names
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
159
Ye Pedagogue
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
164
The Stammering Wife
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
166
A Rhymed Epistle
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
167
Town and Country
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
170
The Family Man
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
173
The Snake in the Glass
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
174
Ne Crede Colori
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
177
Clara to Cloe
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
178
Cloe to Clara
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
180
The Great Magician
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
182
The Blarney Stone
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
184
Ode to the Prince of Wales
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
186
Nil Admirari
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
187
The Coquette
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
189
Carmen Lætum
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
191
My Boyhood
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
195
Post-Prandial Verses
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
197
The Silver Wedding
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
199
The Old Year and the New
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
200
Augusta
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
201
Roger Bontemps
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
201
The King of Normandy
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
203
The Hunter and the Milkmaid
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
205
The Dinner
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
207
Fools Incorrigible
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
209
The Best of Husbands
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
210
LOVE POEMS.
Wouldn't you like to know?
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
213
The Lover's Vision
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
215
The Oath
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
216
Unrest
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
217
To my Love
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
218
To Lesbia
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
219
My Saxon Blonde
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
220
Darling, tell me yes
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
221
Time and Love
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
222
Love's Calendar
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
224
The Lawyer's Valentine
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
225
A Reasonable Petition
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
226
The Chapel of Two Saints
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
227
The Little Maid and the Lawyer
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
228
Drinking Song
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
229
Ego et Echo
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
231
The Maiden to the Moon
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
233
Daisy Day
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
234
To a Beautiful Stranger
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
235
A Philosophical Query
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
236
Lip-Service
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
237
FAIRY TALES, LEGENDS, AND APOLOGUES.
Father Pumpkin; or, Always in Luck
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
341
The King and the Cottager
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
248
The Youth and the Northwind
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
254
The Blind Men and the Elephant
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
259
The Treasure Of Gold
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
261
The Nobleman, the Fisherman, and the Porter
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
266
The Dervis and the King
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
269
The Monarch and the Marquis
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
271
The Caliph and the Cripple
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
276
The Ugly Aunt
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
281
The Three Gifts
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
286
The Wife's Revenge
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
290
The Dervis and his Enemies
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
296
Rampsinitus and the Robbers
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
299
Poor Tartar
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
307
The Four Misfortunes
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
309
The Wandering Jew
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
312
The Three Good Days
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
316
The Story of Echo
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
318
A Case of Conscience
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
320
The Origin of Wine
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
322
The Parrot of Nevers
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
324
King Solomon and the Bees
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
332
The Pious Brahmin and his Neighbors
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
335
The Romance of Nick Van Stann
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
338
The Fisherman and the Flounder
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
340
How the Raven became Black
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
345
Death and Cupid
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
347
Love and Lucre
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
348
Wisdom and Cunning
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
350
The Sultan and the Owls
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
352
The Pin and the Needle
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
354
Ben-Ammi and the Fairies
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
356
The Discontented Water-Carrier
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
361
The Miller and his Advisers
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
364
Murillo and his Slave
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
366
SATIRES.
Progress
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
371
The Money-King
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
386
EXCERPTS FROM OCCASIONAL POEMS.
E.L Dorado
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
401
The Good Time Coming
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
402
The Power-Press
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
403
The Library
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
404
The News
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
405
The Editor's Sanctum
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
406
Travesties
.
Icarus
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
411
Pyramus and Thisbe
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
414
The Choice of King Midas
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
418
Phaëthon
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
421
Polyphemus and Ulysses
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
424
Orpheus and Eurydice
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
427
Jupiter and Danaë
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
431
Venus and Vulcan
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
432
Richard of Gloster
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
434
Othello, the Moor
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
440
Sonnets.
Pan Immortal
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
447
The Beautiful
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
448
Bereavement
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
448
To my Wife on her Birthday
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
449
To Spring
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
449
The Victim
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
450
To ——
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
450
To a Clam
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
451
The Portrait
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
451
Epigrams.
The Explanation
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
455
Family Quarrels
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
455
Teaching by Example
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
456
A Common Alternative
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
456
A Plain Case
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
456
Over-Candid
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
457
Never too late to mend
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
457
An Equivocal Apology
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
457
On an Ill-Read Lawyer
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
458
On a Recent Classic Controversy
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
458
Lucus a non
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
458
A Candid Candidate
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
459
Nemo repente turpissimus
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
459
Too Candid By Half
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
459
Conjurgium non Conjugium
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
460
Cheap Enough
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
460
On an Ugly Person sitting for a Daguerreotype
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
460
On a Famous Water-Suit
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
460
Kissing Casuistry
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
461
To a Poetical Correspondent
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
461
On a Long-Winded Orator
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
461
The Lost Character
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
462
A Dilemma
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
462
The Three Wives
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
462
Later Poems.
Hercules Spinning
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
465
Hassan and the Angel
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
467
Looking out into the Night
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
468
A Summer Scene
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
469
How it Happened
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
470
Exaudi Angelus
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
472
Carl and I
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
473
Do I Love Thee?
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
474
The Lover's Confession
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
474
De Musa
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
475
Mothers-in-Law
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
477
The Poet to his Garret
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
478
Sonnets.
Somewhere
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
480
Change not Loss
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
480
À la Pensée
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
481
Absence
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
481
Bienvenue
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
482
Aquinas and the Bishop
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
483
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