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.
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About John Godfrey Saxe
John Godfrey Saxe was a 19th-century American poet. John Godfrey Saxe I was an American poet known for his re-telling of the Indian parable "The Blind Men and the Elephant", which introduced the story to a western audience. Read more on Wikipedia →