Index:The poems of John Godfrey Saxe.djvu

Title	The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe
Author	John Godfrey Saxe
Year	1872
Publisher	J. Osgood
Location	Boston
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1. CONTENTS.

2. POEMS.

3. Page

4. The Poet's License ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   3

5. Treasure in Heaven ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   5

6. I'm Growing Old ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   6

7. The Story of Life ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   7

8. My Castle In Spain ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   9

9. Spes est Vates ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   10

10. The Gifts of the Gods ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    11

11. The Old Chapel-bell ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    13

12. Compensation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    17

13. The Old Man's Motto ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    18

14. Maximilian ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    20

15. Wishing ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    21

16. The Way of the World ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    23

17. A Poet's Elegy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    24

18. The Mourner à la Mode ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    26

19. The Expected Ship ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    28

20. The Head and the Heart ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    29

21. The Proud Miss MacBride ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    30

22. The Masquerade ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    42

23. My Familiar ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    51

24. Love and Law ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    53

25. Rhyme of the Rail ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    57

26. The Briefless Barrister ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    60

27. Little Jerry, the Miller ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    62

28. How Cyrus laid the Cable ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    64

29. What has become of the Gods ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    66

30. The Cold-water Man ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    69

31. Comic Miseries ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    71

32. A Connubial Eclogue ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    74

33. Some Pencil-Pictures ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    76

34. Boys ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    79

35. The Superfluous Man ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    80

36. Toujours les Femmes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    82

37. Girlhood ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    84

38. The Cockney ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    85

39. Captain Jones's Misadventure ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    87

40. Miralda ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    97

41. Le Jardin Mabile ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    103

42. The Beauty of Ballston ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    105

43. When I Mean to Marry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    108

44. A Reflective Retrospect ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    109

45. The Knowing Child ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    112

46. Ideal and Real ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    114

47. The Game of Life ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    116

48. The Puzzled Census-Taker ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    118

49. The Heart and the Liver ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    119

50. About Husbands ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    120

51. Where there's a Will there's a Way ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    122

52. A Benedict's Appeal to a Bachelor ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    123

53. The Ghost-Player ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    127

54. "Do you think he is married?" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    129

55. A College Reminiscence ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    130

56. Early Rising ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    133

57. The Lady Ann ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    135

58. How the Money goes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    138

59. Saint Jonathan ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    139

60. Song of Saratoga ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    142

61. Tale of a Dog ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    143

62. The Jolly Mariner ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    147

63. Tom Brown's Day in Gotham ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    150

64. Ye Tailyor-Man ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    158

65. The Devil of Names ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    159

66. Ye Pedagogue ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    164

67. The Stammering Wife ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    166

68. A Rhymed Epistle ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    167

69. Town and Country ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    170

70. The Family Man ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    173

71. The Snake in the Glass ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    174

72. Ne Crede Colori ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    177

73. Clara to Cloe ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    178

74. Cloe to Clara ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    180

75. The Great Magician ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    182

76. The Blarney Stone ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    184

77. Ode to the Prince of Wales ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    186

78. Nil Admirari ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    187

79. The Coquette ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    189

80. Carmen Lætum ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    191

81. My Boyhood ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    195

82. Post-Prandial Verses ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    197

83. The Silver Wedding ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    199

84. The Old Year and the New ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    200

85. Augusta ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    201

86. Roger Bontemps ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    201

87. The King of Normandy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    203

88. The Hunter and the Milkmaid ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    205

89. The Dinner ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    207

90. Fools Incorrigible ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    209

91. The Best of Husbands ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    210

92. LOVE POEMS.

93. Wouldn't you like to know? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    213

94. The Lover's Vision ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    215

95. The Oath ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    216

96. Unrest ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    217

97. To my Love ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    218

98. To Lesbia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    219

99. My Saxon Blonde ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    220

100. Darling, tell me yes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     221

101. Time and Love ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     222

102. Love's Calendar ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     224

103. The Lawyer's Valentine ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     225

104. A Reasonable Petition ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     226

105. The Chapel of Two Saints ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     227

106. The Little Maid and the Lawyer ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     228

107. Drinking Song ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     229

108. Ego et Echo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     231

109. The Maiden to the Moon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     233

110. Daisy Day ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     234

111. To a Beautiful Stranger ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     235

112. A Philosophical Query ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     236

113. Lip-Service ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     237

114. FAIRY TALES, LEGENDS, AND APOLOGUES.

115. Father Pumpkin; or, Always in Luck ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     341

116. The King and the Cottager ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     248

117. The Youth and the Northwind ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     254

118. The Blind Men and the Elephant ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     259

119. The Treasure Of Gold ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     261

120. The Nobleman, the Fisherman, and the Porter ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     266

121. The Dervis and the King ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     269

122. The Monarch and the Marquis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     271

123. The Caliph and the Cripple ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     276

124. The Ugly Aunt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     281

125. The Three Gifts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     286

126. The Wife's Revenge ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     290

127. The Dervis and his Enemies ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     296

128. Rampsinitus and the Robbers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     299

129. Poor Tartar ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     307

130. The Four Misfortunes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     309

131. The Wandering Jew ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     312

132. The Three Good Days ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     316

133. The Story of Echo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     318

134. A Case of Conscience ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     320

135. The Origin of Wine ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     322

136. The Parrot of Nevers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     324

137. King Solomon and the Bees ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     332

138. The Pious Brahmin and his Neighbors ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     335

139. The Romance of Nick Van Stann ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     338

140. The Fisherman and the Flounder ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     340

141. How the Raven became Black ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     345

142. Death and Cupid ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     347

143. Love and Lucre ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     348

144. Wisdom and Cunning ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     350

145. The Sultan and the Owls ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     352

146. The Pin and the Needle ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     354

147. Ben-Ammi and the Fairies ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     356

148. The Discontented Water-Carrier ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     361

149. The Miller and his Advisers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     364

150. Murillo and his Slave ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     366

151. SATIRES.

152. Progress ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     371

153. The Money-King ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     386

154. EXCERPTS FROM OCCASIONAL POEMS.

155. E.L Dorado ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     401

156. The Good Time Coming ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     402

157. The Power-Press ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     403

158. The Library ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     404

159. The News ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     405

160. The Editor's Sanctum ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     406

161. Travesties.

162. Icarus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     411

163. Pyramus and Thisbe ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     414

164. The Choice of King Midas ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     418

165. Phaëthon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     421

166. Polyphemus and Ulysses ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     424

167. Orpheus and Eurydice ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     427

168. Jupiter and Danaë ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     431

169. Venus and Vulcan ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     432

170. Richard of Gloster ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     434

171. Othello, the Moor ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     440

172. Sonnets.

173. Pan Immortal ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     447

174. The Beautiful ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     448

175. Bereavement ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     448

176. To my Wife on her Birthday ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     449

177. To Spring ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     449

178. The Victim ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     450

179. To —— ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     450

180. To a Clam ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     451

181. The Portrait ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     451

182. Epigrams.

183. The Explanation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     455

184. Family Quarrels ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     455

185. Teaching by Example ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     456

186. A Common Alternative ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     456

187. A Plain Case ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     456

188. Over-Candid ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     457

189. Never too late to mend ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     457

190. An Equivocal Apology ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     457

191. On an Ill-Read Lawyer ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     458

192. On a Recent Classic Controversy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     458

193. Lucus a non ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     458

194. A Candid Candidate ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     459

195. Nemo repente turpissimus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     459

196. Too Candid By Half ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     459

197. Conjurgium non Conjugium ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     460

198. Cheap Enough ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     460

199. On an Ugly Person sitting for a Daguerreotype ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     460

200. On a Famous Water-Suit ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     460

201. Kissing Casuistry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     461

202. To a Poetical Correspondent ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     461

203. On a Long-Winded Orator ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     461

204. The Lost Character ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     462

205. A Dilemma ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     462

206. The Three Wives ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     462

207. Later Poems.

208. Hercules Spinning ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     465

209. Hassan and the Angel ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     467

210. Looking out into the Night ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     468

211. A Summer Scene ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     469

212. How it Happened ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     470

213. Exaudi Angelus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     472

214. Carl and I ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     473

215. Do I Love Thee? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     474

216. The Lover's Confession ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     474

217. De Musa ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     475

218. Mothers-in-Law ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     477

219. The Poet to his Garret ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     478

220. Sonnets.

221. Somewhere ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     480

222. Change not Loss ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     480

223. À la Pensée ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     481

224. Absence ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     481

225. Bienvenue ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     482

226. Aquinas and the Bishop ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     483

227. ---

228. NOTES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

     485

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