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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.
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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.
  
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.
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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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KISSING CASUISTRY.

When Sarah Jane, the moral Miss,
Declares 't is very wrong to kiss,
I'll bet a shilling I see through it;
The damsel, fairly understood,
Feels just as any Christian should,—
She 'd rather suffer wrong than do it!
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