John Godfrey Saxe was an American Poet born in Highgate, Vermont on 02 June 1816. Saxe studied and practised law before settling down in New York where he devoted himself to literature.
Bored by his legal work, Saxe began publishing poems for The Knickerbocker. His earlier work The Rhyme of the Rail is one of the more famous pieces he wrote at the time.
Bored by his legal work, Saxe began publishing poems for The Knickerbocker. His earlier work The Rhyme of the Rail is one of the more famous pieces he wrote at the time.
In the 1870s, Saxe faced a series of tragedies which left him with most of his family deceased. He met with an accident and never fully recovered from the injuries. He later moved to Albany, New York to live with his last surviving son.
He is most famous for his re-telling of the parable, The Blind Men and The Elephant which introduced the story to a western audience. This poem was not considered his most famous in his day and few of the satirical works which had made him famous are read today.
John Godfrey Saxe died in Albany, New York on 31 March 1887. After his death, the New York Assembly ordered his likeness to be chiseled into the Poet's Corner of the Great Western Staircase in the New York State Capitol.
He is most famous for his re-telling of the parable, The Blind Men and The Elephant which introduced the story to a western audience. This poem was not considered his most famous in his day and few of the satirical works which had made him famous are read today.
John Godfrey Saxe died in Albany, New York on 31 March 1887. After his death, the New York Assembly ordered his likeness to be chiseled into the Poet's Corner of the Great Western Staircase in the New York State Capitol.
