 I mean to take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes! Early Rising "Goo bless...  The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe - Page 51by John Godfrey Saxe - 1873 - 491 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1866 - 924 pages
...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend mo from the friend Who never, never goes ! Another characteristic piece is A REFLECTIVE BETBOSPJBCT.... | |
 | 1859 - 802 pages
...The Bore. [Decentbo, MY FAMILIAR— THE BORE. BT JOHN G. 3AXE. Again I hear that cracking step ! He's rapping at the door! Too well I know the boding sound...I meet The stoutest of my foes, But heaven defend mo from the friead Who comes — but never goei! He drops into my easy chair, And asks about the news... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1860 - 198 pages
...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes ! HOW THE LAWYERS GOT A PATRON SAINT. A LEGEND OF BRETAGNE. A LAWYER of Brittany,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1861 - 382 pages
...Jhe knocker ^off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes ! HOW THE LAWYERS GOT A PATRON SAINT. A LEGEND OF BRETAGNE. A LAWYER of Brittany,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1864 - 380 pages
...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes ! HOW THE LAWYERS GOT A PATRON SAINT. A LEGEND OF BRETAGTNE. A LAWYER of Brittany,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1864 - 336 pages
...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes 1 HOW THE LAWYERS GOT A PATRON SAINT. A LEGEND OP BKETAGNE. A LAWYER of Brittany,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1866 - 320 pages
...M\ .Fee. ttsnwi Crisyiniss .' AGAIN J kervr that creaking step ' — He 's rapping at the door 1 — Too well I know the boding sound That ushers in a...stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the frio. v Who comes — but never goes ! ii. He drops into my easy-chair, And asks about the news ; He... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1866 - 302 pages
...take the knocker off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But Heaven defend me from the friend Who never, never goes ! HOW THE LAWYEBS GOT A PATRON SAINT. A LEGEND OF BBETAGNE. A LAWYEB of Brittany,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1868 - 496 pages
...masquerading ! " MY FAMILIAR. MY FAMILIAR. " Ecce iterum Crispinus I " I. AGAIN I hear that creaking step! — He 's rapping at the door ! — Too well I know the...my easy-chair, And asks about the news ; He peers into-my manuscript, And gives his candid views ; He tells me where he likes the line, And where he... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pages
...off, Put crape upon the door, Or hint to John that I am gone To stay a month or more. GAKLAXD. 817 I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But heaven defend me from the friend That comes — but never goes ! John G. Saxe. XCII. MORAL WARFARE. WHEN Freedom, on her natal day,... | |
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