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The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe

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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.
  
WOULD N'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW?
  
THE LOVER'S VISION.
  
THE OATH.
  
UNREST.
  
TO MY LOVE.
  
TO LESBIA.
  
MY SAXON BLONDE.
  
DARLING, TELL ME YES.
  
TIME AND LOVE.
  
LOVE'S CALENDAR.
  
THE LAWYER'S VALENTINE.
  
A REASONABLE PETITION.
  
THE CHAPEL OF TWO SAINTS.
  
THE LITTLE MAID AND THE LAWYER.
  
DRINKING SONG.
  
EGO ET ECHO.
  
THE MAIDEN TO THE MOON.
  
DAISY DAY.
  
A SUMMER SCENE.
  
TO A BEAUTIFUL STRANGER.
  
HERCULES SPINNING.
  
HOW IT HAPPENED.
  
EXAUDI ANGELUS.
  
CARL AND I.
  
DO I LOVE THEE?
  
THE LOVER'S CONFESSION.
  
A PHILOSOPHICAL QUERY.
  
LIP-SERVICE.
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LEISURE-DAY RHYMES.
  
CHORUS OF THE DRYADS.
  
HERE AND HEREAFTER.
  
MY BOOKS.
  
ESSE QUAM VIDERI.
  
THE DEAD LETTER.
  
TO A CITY COUSIN ABOUT TO BE MARRIED.
  
HOW TO WOO AND WIN.
  
PARTING WORDS.
  
MISERERE DOMINE!
  
THE DUKE'S STRATAGEM.
  
TEMPORA MUTANTUR.
  
A CHARMING WOMAN.
  
“JUSTINE, YOU LOVE ME NOT!”
  
“BE GOOD TO YOURSELF.”
  
TO A BACHELOR FRIEND IN THE COUNTRY.
  
LOVE AND MONEY.
  
ODE.
  
PART OF AN AFTER-DINNER SPEECH.
  
ODE TO THE LEGISLATURE.
  
WHY: A SONNET.
  
LAURA.
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FAIRY TALES, LEGENDS, AND APOLOGUES.
  
FATHER PUMPKIN; OR, ALWAYS IN LUCK.
  
THE KING AND THE COTTAGER.
  
THE YOUTH AND THE NORTH WIND.
  
THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT.
  
THE TREASURE OF GOLD.
  
THE NOBLEMAN, THE FISHERMAN, AND THE PORTER.
  
THE DERVIS AND THE KING.
  
THE MONARCH AND THE MARQUIS.
  
THE CALIPH AND THE CRIPPLE.
  
THE UGLY AUNT.
  
THE THREE GIFTS.
  
THE WIFE'S REVENGE.
  
THE DERVIS AND HIS ENEMIES.
  
RAMPSINITUS AND THE ROBBERS.
  
POOR TARTAR.
  
THE FOUR MISFORTUNES.
  
THE WANDERING JEW.
  
THE THREE GOOD DAYS.
  
THE STORY OF ECHO.
  
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE.
  
THE ORIGIN OF WINE.
  
THE PARROT OF NEVERS.
  
KING SOLOMON AND THE BEES.
  
THE PIOUS BRAHMIN AND HIS NEIGHBORS.
  
THE ROMANCE OF NICK VAN STANN.
  
THE FISHERMAN AND THE FLOUNDER.
  
HOW THE RAVEN BECAME BLACK.
  
DEATH AND CUPID.
  
LOVE AND LUCRE.
  
WISDOM AND CUNNING.
  
THE SULTAN AND THE OWLS.
  
THE PIN AND THE NEEDLE.
  
BEN-AMMI AND THE FAIRIES.
  
THE DISCONTENTED WATER-CARRIER.
  
THE MILLER AND HIS ADVISERS.
  
MURILLO AND HIS SLAVE.
  
HASSAN AND THE ANGEL.
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FABLES AND FAIRY TALES.
  
THE TWO ANGELS.
  
THE GOLD-FINGERED BRAHMIN.
  
THE FARMER AND THE MAGIC RING.
  
THE GRUMBLING PEASANTS.
  
THE LITTLE GLASS SHOE.
  
THE ROSE AND THE FAIRY.
  
THE TWO SPARROWS.
  
LOVE AND CARE.
  
DEATH INSURANCE.
  
THE CADI'S STRATAGEM.
  
THE KING'S ASTROLOGER.
  
NO ADMITTANCE.
  
THE STRAY CAMEL.
  
THE FIVE KNAVES.
  
THE AMBITIOUS VINE.
  
THYRSIS AND AMARANTH.
  
A DOUBLE DISTRESS.
  
THE TWO KINGS.
  
JUPITER AND HIS CHILDREN.
  
NOUS ET VOUS.
  
THE FAIRY AND THE THREE WISHES.
  
THE RIVAL QUEENS.
  
PROVIDENCE IMPARTIAL.
  
THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES.
  
JUST ONE DEFECT.
  
LOVE AND POETRY.
  
REASON VERSUS CUSTOM.
  
THE SULTAN AND THE EXVIZIER.
  
THE TWO FRIENDS.
  
PERSEVERE AND PROSPER
  
LAKE SARATOGA.
  
THE IMPARTIAL JUDGE.
  
THE ELEPHANT'S SERMON.
  
THE CONNOISSEURS.
  
THE ROYAL CONCERT.
  
THE BARN-YARD CRITICS.
  
THE FIGHTING COCKS.
  
THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ORGAN.
  
THE LIZARDS.
  
FLINT AND STEEL.
  
THE LACE-WEAVERS.
  
THE SHAM LIBRARY.
  
THE GOAT AND THE HORSE.
  
THE TURKEY AND THE CROW.
  
THE BEE AND THE CUCKOO.
  
THE SILKWORM AND THE CATERPILLAR.
  
THE MONKEY-SHOWMAN.
  
THE OIL-MERCHANT'S ASS.
  
THE MONKEY-TOURIST.
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FABLES AND LEGENDS OF MANY COUNTRIES.
  
LOVE AND JOY.
  
THE TWO CHURCH-BUILDERS
  
THE WIND AND THE ROSE.
  
THE BEACON-LIGHT.
  
KING ERIC'S TRIUMPH.
  
THE BRAHMIN'S AIR-CASTLE.
  
REASON AND VANITY.
  
WHO SHALL SHUT THE DOOR?
  
HOW IT CHANCED.
  
THE THREE MASKS.
  
THE GHOST IN ARMOR.
  
THE KING AND THE PEASANT.
  
THE TRAVELER AND HIS FRIENDS.
  
THE KING'S FAVORITE.
  
THE MERCHANT.
  
THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE.
  
THE SHERIFF OF SAUMUR.
  
THE TWO WALLETS.
  
THE GREAT CRAB.
  
LOVE AND FOLLY.
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LOVE OMNIPOTENT.
 1. 
ACT I.
 2. 
ACT II.
 3. 
ACT III.
  
THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE RUSTIC.
  
THE GARDENER AND THE KING.
  
THE VISION OF THE FAITHFUL.
  
THE FAIRY'S GIFTS.
  
THE OLD GENERAL AND HIS KING.
  
SAINT VERENA AND SATAN.
  
THE SPELL OF CIRCE.
  
THE TWO GRAVES.
  
KING PYRRHUS AND HIS COUNSELOR.
  
THE FARMER WHO MADE HIS OWN WEATHER.
  
THE PROXY SAINT.
  
THE TWO WISHES.
  
THE TRAVELER AND THE TEMPEST.
  
PAST, FUTURE, AND PRESENT
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SATIRES.
  
PROGRESS.
  
THE MONEY-KING.
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EXCERPTS FROM OCCASIONAL POEMS.
  
EL DORADO.
  
THE GOOD TIME COMING.
  
THE POWER-PRESS.
  
THE LIBRARY.
  
THE NEWS.
  
THE EDITOR'S SANCTUM.
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TRANSLATIONS AND PARAPHRASES.
  
THE ORIGIN OF LOVE.
  
THE TRAVELER AND THE STATUE.
  
THE KING'S GOBLET.
  
THE GOLDSMITH'S DAUGHTER.
  
THE GOOD DOG OF BRETTÈ.
  
THIRTEEN AT TABLE.
  
MY BALD HEAD.
  
GIRLS! PASS ALONG!
  
MUCH LOVE
  
THE PUPPETS.
  
THE PRIDE OF BEAUTY.
  
LITTLE PETER THE PORTER.
  
THE HEN AND THE HONEYBEE.
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TRAVESTIES.
  
ICARUS.
  
PYRAMUS AND THISBE.
  
THE CHOICE OF KING MIDAS.
  
PHAËTHON;
  
POLYPHEMUS AND ULYSSES.
  
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE.
  
JUPITER AND DANAË:
  
VENUS AND VULCAN:
  
RICHARD OF GLOSTER.
  
OTHELLO, THE MOOR.
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SONNETS.
  
THREE LOVES.
  
MY QUEEN.
  
“WITH MY BODY I THEE WORSHIP.”
  
PAN IMMORTAL.
  
THE BEAUTIFUL.
  
BEREAVEMENT.
  
TO MY WIFE ON HER BIRTHDAY.
  
TO SPRING.
  
THE VICTIM.
  
TO ---.
  
TO A CLAM.
  
THE PORTRAIT.
  
SOMEWHERE.
  
CHANGE NOT LOSS.
  
À LA PENSÉE.
  
ABSENCE.
  
BIENVENUE.
  
MISERERE.
  
AQUINAS AND THE BISHOP.
  
THE DILEMMA.
  
THE PARVENUE'S OPINION.
  
THE GRATEFUL PREACHER.
  
THE AMBITIOUS PAINTER.
  
“IF LOVE AND LIFE WERE ONE.”
  
REMEMBRANCE.
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EPIGRAMS.
  
THE EXPLANATION.
  
FAMILY QUARRELS.
  
TEACHING BY EXAMPLE.
  
A COMMON ALTERNATIVE.
  
A PLAIN CASE.
  
OVER-CANDID.
  
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND.
  
AN EQUIVOCAL APOLOGY.
  
TOO CANDID BY HALF.
  
ON A RECENT CLASSIC CONTROVERSY.
  
LUCUS A NON.
  
A CANDID CANDIDATE.
  
NEMO REPENTE TURPISSIMUS.
  
ON AN ILL-READ LAWYER.
  
CONJURGIUM NON CONJUGIUM.
  
CHEAP ENOUGH.
  
ON AN UGLY PERSON SITTING FOR A DAGUERREOTYPE.
  
ON A FAMOUS WATER-SUIT.
  
KISSING CASUISTRY.
  
TO A POETICAL CORRESPONDENT.
  
ON A LONG-WINDED ORATOR.
  
THE THREE WIVES.
  
THE LOST CHARACTER.
  
A DILEMMA.

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WHY: A SONNET.

“Why do I love thee?” Thus, in earnest wise,
I answer: Sweet! I love thee for thy face
Of rarest beauty; and for every grace
That in thy voice and air and motion lies;
I love thee for the love—look in thine eyes,—
The melting glance which only one may see
Of all who mark how beautiful they be;
I love thee for thy mind (which yet denies,
For modesty, how wonderful it is)!
I love thee for thy heart so true and warm,
I love thee for thy bosom's hidden charm;
I love thee for thy mouth so sweet to kiss;
Because of these I love thee; yet above
All else, because I cannot choose but love!
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