Selections from the Poems of John Godfrey Saxe

A-cruising ancient Bell BALLAD BEAUTIFUL STRANGER beneath birth bless bride BRIEFLESS BARRIS briny sea Buzzing o'er CHAPEL-BELL clam clo'es crape cried curious passion Dapper Jim DEAD LETTER door EARLY RISING elegant fancy fashion gentle voice Gentleman GODFREY SAXE grief Half hidden head heart Heaven defend honest John invented sleep John MacBride jolly mariner keep lady lark lawyer light live Looking lowly maiden meet The stoutest morning MOURNER MOURNER A LA ne'er never goes night nose o'er the vale OLD CHAPEL pleasant poverty's PRANDIAL VERSES Pray precious pretty hand pride PROUD MISS MACBRIDE proud was Miss PSI UPSILON purse RAIL Rattling over ridges RHYME Rumbling over bridges sail SELECTIONS FROM SAXE shocking Shooting under arches sigh sight SILVER WEDDING smile solemnly sorrow spoke this jolly strife surpris talking tears tell TERRIBLY proud thee things thou troth vulgar weep worse wrote