Poems by John Godfrey Saxe

Poems by John Godfrey Saxe

How the Money Goes, by John Godfrey Saxe

How goes the Money?--Well,
I'm sure it isn't hard to tell;
It goes for rent, and water-rates...

The Great Magician, by John Godfrey Saxe

Once, when a lad, it was my hap
To gain my mother's kind permission
To go and see a foreign c...

Ben-Ammi and the Fairies, by John Godfrey Saxe

A RABBINICAL TALE Once on a time a stranger came
At midnight to a wealthy man--
Rabbi Ben-ammi...

The Fisherman and the Flounder, by John Godfrey Saxe

A GERMAN FAIRY TALE A fisherman, poor as poor can be,
Who lived in a hovel beside the sea,
...

Father Pumpkin; or, Always in Luck, by John Godfrey Saxe

AN ARABIAN TALE I In Cairo once there dwelt a worthy man,
Toilsome and frugal, but extremely...

The Blind Men and the Elephant, by John Godfrey Saxe

A HINDU FABLE. I It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the E...