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

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A youth would marry a maiden, For fair and fond was she; But their sires disputed about the Mass, And so it might not be.

John Godfrey Saxe

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

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Alternative Names: John Godfrey Saxe I

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Again I hear the creaking step! — He's rapping at the door! — Too well I know the boding sound
That ushers in a bore.

Las leyes, como las salchichas, dejan de inspirar respeto en proporción a cuánto sabemos de cómo están hechas

NAY, weep not, dearest, though the child be dead;
He lives again in Heaven's unclouded life,

A youth would marry a maiden, For fair and fond was she; But their sires disputed about the Mass, And so it might not be. - John Godfrey Saxe

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