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Selections from the Poetry of John Godfrey Saxe
In 'Selections from the Poetry of John Godfrey Saxe,' readers confront the rich textures of a nineteenth-century literary sensibility, brimming with wit, irony, and societal critique. Saxe's poetry echoes with the lyrical and comedic ethos of his time, woven into a fabric of rhythmic elegance and sharp observations. His verses reflect the dynamic flux of American thought during his lifetime, encapsulated in a style that is at once accessible and artistically complex. In this curated anthology, his poetic oeuvre is made available to the contemporary reader, preserving the heritage of words that might otherwise fade with time. DigiCat Publishing has taken significant care to ensure that this c...
The Blind Men and the Elephant
The Blind Men and the Elephant is a story of a group of blind men who touch an elephant to learn what it is like. Each concludes that the elephant is like a wall, snake, spear, tree, fan or rope, depending on where they had touched. Their heated debate is never resolved. Re-telling this Eastern parable, an American poet, John Godfrey Saxe, introduced the story to a Western audience in 1872. The poem is the poet’s best remembered work.
The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
The Blind Men and the Elephant
Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.
The Fly-ing Dutchman
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