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The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe

Household Edition : with illustrations
Saxe, John Godfrey (1816-1887)

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POEMS.
  
THE POET'S LICENSE.
  
TREASURE IN HEAVEN.
  
I'M GROWING OLD.
  
THE STORY OF LIFE.
  
MY CASTLE IN SPAIN.
  
SPES EST VATES.
  
THE GIFTS OF THE GODS.
  
THE OLD CHAPEL-BELL.
  
COMPENSATION.
  
THE OLD MAN'S MOTTO.
  
MAXIMILIAN.
  
WISHING.
  
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.
  
A POET'S ELEGY.
  
THE MOURNER A LA MODE.
  
THE EXPECTED SHIP.
  
THE HEAD AND THE HEART
  
THE PROUD MISS MACBRIDE.
  
THE MASQUERADE.
  
MY FAMILIAR.
  
LOVE AND LAW.
  
RHYME OF THE RAIL.
  
THE BRIEFLESS BARRISTER.
  
LITTLE JERRY THE MILLER.
  
HOW CYRUS LAID THE CABLE.
  
WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE GODS.
  
THE COLD-WATER MAN.
  
COMIC MISERIES.
  
A CONNUBIAL ECLOGUE.
  
SOME PENCIL-PICTURES:
  
BOYS.
  
THE SUPERFLUOUS MAN.
  
TOUJOURS LES FEMMES.
  
GIRLHOOD.
  
THE COCKNEY.
  
CAPTAIN JONES'S MISADVENTURE.
  
MIRALDA:
  
LE JARDIN MABILLE.
  
THE BEAUTY OF BALLSTON.
  
WHEN I MEAN TO MARRY.
  
A REFLECTIVE RETROSPECT.
  
THE KNOWING CHILD.
  
IDEAL AND REAL.
  
THE GAME OF LIFE.
  
THE PUZZLED CENSUS TAKER.
  
THE HEART AND THE LIVER.
  
ABOUT HUSBANDS.
  
WHERE THERE 'S A WILL THERE 'S A WAY.
  
A BENEDICT'S APPEAL TO A BACHELOR.
  
THE GHOSTS-PLAYER.
  
“DO YOU THINK HE IS MARRIED?”
  
A COLLEGE REMINISCENCE.
  
EARLY RISING.
  
THE LADY ANN.
  
HOW THE MONEY GOES.
  
SAINT JONATHAN.
  
SONG OF SARATOGA.
  
TALE OF A DOG.
  
THE JOLLY MARINER.
  
TOM BROWN'S DAY IN GOTHAM.
  
YE TAILYOR-MAN.
  
THE DEVIL OF NAMES.
  
YE PEDAGOGUE
  
THE STAMMERING WIFE.
  
A RHYMED EPISTLE.
  
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
  
THE FAMILY MAN.
  
THE SNAKE IN THE GLASS.
  
NE CREDE COLORI:
  
CLARA TO CLOE.
  
CLOE TO CLARA.
  
THE GREAT MAGICIAN.
  
THE BLARNEY STONE.
  
ODE TO THE PRINCE OF WALES.
  
MOTHERS-IN-LAW.
  
NIL ADMIRARI.
  
THE COQUETTE.
  
CARMEN LÆTUM.
  
MY BOYHOOD.
  
POST-PRANDIAL VERSES.
  
THE SILVER WEDDING.
  
LOOKING OUT INTO THE NIGHT.
  
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.
  
DE MUSA.
  
AUGUSTA.
  
ROGER BONTEMPS.
  
THE KING OF NORMANDY.
  
THE HUNTER AND THE MILKMAID.
  
THE POET TO HIS GARRET.
  
THE DINNER.
  
FOOLS INCORRIGIBLE.
  
THE BEST OF HUSBANDS.
  
ADVICE TO A YOUNG FRIEND,
  
THE EDITOR'S CRIME.
  
PADDY'S ODE TO THE PRINCE.
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LOVE POEMS.
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LEISURE-DAY RHYMES.
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FAIRY TALES, LEGENDS, AND APOLOGUES.
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FABLES AND FAIRY TALES.
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FABLES AND LEGENDS OF MANY COUNTRIES.
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SATIRES.
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EXCERPTS FROM OCCASIONAL POEMS.
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TRANSLATIONS AND PARAPHRASES.
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TRAVESTIES.
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SONNETS.
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EPIGRAMS.

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TO MY LOVE.

“Da mi basia.”—
Catullus.

I.

Kiss me softly and speak to me low;
Malice has ever a vigilant ear;
What if Malice were lurking near?
Kiss me, dear!
Kiss me softly and speak to me low.

II.

Kiss me softly and speak to me low;
Envy too has a watchful ear;
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What if Envy should chance to hear?
Kiss me, dear!
Kiss me softly and speak to me low.

III.

Kiss me softly and speak to me low;
Trust me, darling, the time is near
When we may love with never a fear;
Kiss me, dear!
Kiss me softly and speak to me low.
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