John Godfrey Saxe

“Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.”

“It was six men of Hindustan Might satisfy the mind.”

“And so these men of Hindustan Not one of them has seen!”

“Young men! it 's a critical thing to goJust go ahead, and never look back!”

“Don't use strong drink, — pray let me advise, — It 's bad for the stomach, and ruins the eyes;”

“INGLORIOUS friend! most confident I amAnd prate of being "happy as a clam!"”

“But blast the man, with curses loud and deep,That artificial cut-off, — Early Rising!”

“What Lowely meant she didn't knowFor she always avoided "everything low,"”

“A youth would marry a maiden, And so it might not be.”

“A youth would marry a maiden, And so it might not be.”

“A youth would marry a maiden, And so it might not be.”

“The Poet's License! — 't is the right, Of Firmament and Forest.”

“When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Is owner of the flowers.”