...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes ! John Godfrey Saxe THE MODEST COUPLE When man and maiden meet, I like to see a drooping...

...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes ! EARLY RISING bless the man who first invented sleep ! " So Sancho Panza said, and...

...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes! MY CASTLE IN SPAIN THERE'S a Castle in Spain, very charming to see, Though built...

...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes! Early Rising "GoD bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said,...

...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend THE JOLLY MARINER A BALLAD T was a jolly mariner As ever hove a log ; He wore his trousers wide and...

...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes! Early Rising "Goo bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said,...

...EIGHTH Many are called but few get up. "Cynic's Calendar, 1904." Ethel Watts Mumford. DECEMBER NINTH I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes ! " My Familiar." John Godfrey Saxe. DECEMBER TENTH Mr. Plantagenet Norman Dane Of...

...in Christendom. 464 Shaks. : 1 Henry IV. Act lii. Sc. 1 Again I hear that creaking step ! — He's rapping at the door! — Too well I know the boding...defend me from the friend Who comes — but never goes. 465 " JU Saxe : 3Ty Familiar, BORROWING. Neither a borrower nor a lender he, For loan oft loses both...

...Godfrey Saxe [1816-1887] MY FAMILIAR Eue ilma* Cntpinusl AGAIN I hear that creaking step! — He's x&E/ He drops into my easy chair. And asks about the news. He peers into my manuscript, And gives his candid...

...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes ! JOHN GODFREY SAXE 229 MY coachman, in the moonlight there, Looks through the side-light...