JOHN

See also:

• GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY (1621-1678)

GODFREY

See also:

• JOHN GODFREY SAXE (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

SAXE (1816-1887)  , American poet, was born at Highgate, Vermont, on the and of June 1816 . He graduated at Middlebury College in 1839, and was admitted to the bar at St Albans, Vermont, in 1843 . From 185o to 1856 he edited the Burlington (Vermont) Sentinel, in 1859 and in 186o was the candidate of the Democratic party for governor of Vermont;. in 186o removed to New York and after 1872 edited the Evening Journal at Albany, New York, where he died on the 31st of March 1887 . He was best known as a writer of humorous verse and a lecturer . His travesties and satires found many readers or listeners, and some of his love lyrics and other poems combine sparkle with real feeling . His " Rhyme of the Rail," " The Proud Miss McBride," " I'm Growing Old and " Treasures in Heaven " were once very popular . Among his published collections are Humorous and Satirical Poems (185o), The Times, The Telegraph, and other Poems (1865), and Leisure Day Rhymes (1875) .