Skip directly to:
Main content
Main navigation
University of Virginia Library
Search this document
The money-king and other poems
Saxe, John Godfrey (1816-1887)
[section]
[dedication]
HOW THE LAWYERS GOT A PATRON SAINT.
LINES ON MY THIRTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY.
REVERSING THE FIGURES.
Collapse All
|
Expand All
The money-king and other poems
159
REVERSING THE FIGURES.
Maria
, just at twenty, swore
That no man less than six feet four
Should be her chosen one.
At thirty she is glad to fix
A spouse exactly four feet six,
As better far than none!
The money-king and other poems