When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, "To whom it may concern!" And so it is the poet comes And revels in her bowers, And, though another hold the… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
Old Care has a mortgage on every estate, And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get. — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor the men… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
Beauty intoxicates the eye, as wine does the body; both are morally fatal if indulged. — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
“Give me kisses! Nay, 'tis true I am just as rich as you; And for every kiss I owe, I can pay you back,… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
I'm growing fonder of my staff; I'm growing dimmer in the eyes; I'm growing fainter in my laugh; I'm growing deeper in my sighs;… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
Tis well to borrow from the good and the great; 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create! — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
All things of beauty are not theirs alone who hold the fee; but unto him no less who can enjoy, than unto them who… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, "To whom it may concern!" And… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
God bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said and so say I; And bless him, also, that he didn't keep… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
It was six men of Hindustan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind) That each… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
Young men! it 's a critical thing to go Exactly right with a lady in tow; But when you are in the proper track,… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
I like the lad who, when his father thought To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase Of vagrant worm by early songster caught,… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
The wise may find in trifles light as atoms in the air, some useful lesson to enrich the mind. — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share
