The Poems Of J G Saxe

Author : John Godfrey Saxe
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ISBN 13 : 9781330503737
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe (Classic Reprint) written by John Godfrey Saxe and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe The Poet's License. The Poet's License! - Some there are Who hold the false opinion 'T is but a meagre privilege Confined to Art's dominion; The right to rhyme quite unrestrained By certain rigid fetters Which bind the colder men of prose Within the realm of letters. Ah no! - I deem 't is something more, And something vastly higher, To which the proudest bard on earth May worthily aspire. The Poet's License! - 't is the right, Within the rule of duty, To look on all delightful things Throughout the world of beauty. To gaze with rapture at the stars That in the skies are glowing; To see the gems of perfect dye That in the woods are growing, - And more than sage astronomer, And more than learned florist, To read the glorious homilies Of Firmament and Forest. 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 land, Is owner of the flowers. O, nevermore let Ignorance With heedless iteration Repeat the phrase as meaning aught Of trivial estimation; The Poet's License! - 't is the fee Of earth and sky and river To him who views them royally, To have and hold forever! Treasure In Heaven. Respectfully Dedicated to George Peabody, Esq. "What I spent, I had; what I left, I lost; what I gave, I have!" Old Epitaph. I. Every coin of earthly treasure We have lavished, upon earth, For our simple worldly pleasure, May be reckoned something worth; For the spending was not losing, Though the purchase were but small; About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."