A youth would marry a maiden, For fair and fond was she; Bu… - John Godfrey Saxe

" "
A youth would marry a maiden, For fair and fond was she; But she was rich, and he was poor, And so it might not be.

John Godfrey Saxe

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About John Godfrey Saxe

John Godfrey Saxe (2 June 1816 – 31 March 1887) was an American poet.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: John Godfrey Saxe I

All quotes from John Godfrey Saxe Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like John Godfrey Saxe:

Alexander Pope Oliver Goldsmith Walter Scott Geoffrey Chaucer Lord Byron

Additional quotes by John Godfrey Saxe

"God bless the man who first invented sleep!"
So Sancho Panza said, and so say I.

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

I asked of Echo 't other day
(Whose words are few and often funny),
What to a novice she could say Of courtship, love, and matrimony. Quoth Echo, plainly, — "Matter-o'-money."

A youth would marry a maiden, For fair and fond was she; But she was rich, and he was poor, And so it might not be. - John Godfrey Saxe

About John Godfrey Saxe

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by John Godfrey Saxe

Enhance Your Quote Experience