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