March 31, 1887(1887-03-31) (aged 71) Albany, New York, U.S.
Resting place
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Sophia Newell Sollace (m. 1841)
Relations
John Godfrey Saxe II (grandson)
Children
6 (including John Theodore Saxe)
Alma mater
Middlebury College
Occupation
Attorney Poet Public lecturer
John Godfrey Saxe I (June 2, 1816 – March 31, 1887) was an American poet known for his re-telling of the Indian parable "The Blind Men and the Elephant",[1] which introduced the story to a western audience.
^Martin Gardner (September 1, 1995). Famous Poems from Bygone Days. Courier Dover Publications. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-486-28623-5. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
JohnGodfreySaxe I (June 2, 1816 – March 31, 1887) was an American poet known for his re-telling of the Indian parable "The Blind Men and the Elephant"...
later became well known in Europe, with 19th-century American poet JohnGodfreySaxe creating his own version as a poem, with a final verse that explains...
JohnGodfreySaxe II (June 25, 1877 – April 17, 1953) of Manhattan was a lawyer and a member of the New York State Senate. He was a delegate to the New...
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Academy. He was born on April 22, 1843, in St. Albans, Vermont, to JohnGodfreySaxe and Sophia Newell Sollace. He graduated from the University of Vermont...
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Saxe, JohnGodfrey (1872). "The Blindmen and the Elephant" at Wikisource. The Poems of JohnGodfreySaxe. Williams...
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Natalie Merchant set to music "The Blind Men and the Elephant" poem by JohnGodfreySaxe, which is based on the parable. The elephant is also featured in film...
the gory details. This line of quotation stems from American poet JohnGodfreySaxe, who said "Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion...
Hopkins Sweet and a Lullaby – Anonymous The Blindmen and the Elephant – JohnGodfreySaxe The Dancing Bear – Albert Paine The Janitor's Boy – Nathalia Crane...
occasionally attributed to both Christian sources and the American poet JohnGodfreySaxe. Early Buddhist Texts Khuddaka Nikaya Udāna "Khuddakanikaya". Nationalencyklopedin...
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as Steinway & Sons president Frederick Steinway. Philip Roosevelt, JohnGodfreySaxe, and Nicholas Schenck also moved to the building during the early...
Lewis Cass Ledyard (President of the New York City Bar Association) JohnGodfreySaxe II (President of the New York State Bar Association) William Andrew...
and illustrated 1963 The Blind Men and the Elephant Illustrated by JohnGodfreySaxe, from the Indian fable Blind men and an elephant 1963 Paul Revere's...
The Rest of Don Juan JohnGodfreySaxe, Progress: A Satirical Poem William Gilmore Simms, Areytos, or Songs of the South John Greenleaf Whittier, Voices...
the Democratic Party fracturing nationally over the slavery issue, JohnGodfreySaxe, the Democratic nominee against Hall in 1859, appeared on the ballot...
to sausages. The March 29, 1869 edition of the paper quoted poet JohnGodfreySaxe as stating: "Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion...
candidate for a second one-year term. The Democratic nominee was JohnGodfreySaxe, former State's Attorney of Chittenden County. Vermont's support for...
Commemoration of the Living and Dead Soldiers of Harvard University JohnGodfreySaxe, Clever Stories of Many Nations Rendered in Rhyme Richard Henry Stoddard...
Helen A. Manville, Heart Echoes JohnGodfreySaxe, Leisure-Day Rhymes Bayard Taylor, Home Pastorals, Ballads, and Lyrics John Greenleaf Whittier, Hazel-Blossoms...
Democratic nominee for Governor of Vermont 1856, 1857, 1858 Succeeded by JohnGodfreySaxe Business positions Preceded by Henry C. Lord President of the Atchison...
Frederick Barbarossa in favor of Henry I of the House of Reginar, son of Godfrey III of Leuven (who was duke of Lower Lorraine at that time). The Duchy...
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