most famous in his day. Though a satirist, his poems written during more somber periods remain some of his most beautiful and enduring, including "Little Jerry the Miller" about his father's mill assistant. Few of the satirical works which had made him famous are read today. The poet's orphaned grandson, John Godfrey Saxe II, became a New York state senator, President of the New York Bar, and counsel of Columbia University. According to Fred R. Shapiro, author of the Yale Book of Quotations, The Daily Cleveland Herald in its issue of March 29, 1869, quotes Saxe as saying, "Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made." Partial bibliography The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe (many editions) Progress : a satire (1847) Table Rock Album and Sketches Of the Falls and Scenery Adjacent (1848) The proud Miss MacBride,: a legend of Gotham (1850) The money-king and other poems (1859) Clever stories of many nations, rendered in rhyme (1855) The Masquerade and other poems (1866) Leisure-Day Rhymes (1875) The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe: Household Edition: with illustrations (1889) See also Blind men and an elephant Elephant test John Godfrey Saxe II References External links Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in ... - Barry Popik Guide to the John Godfrey Saxe Collection 1857-1875 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center 19th-century American poets American humorous poets American male poets American people of German descent Wesleyan University alumni Middlebury College alumni 1816 births 1887 deaths People from Highgate, Vermont 19th-century American male writers Vermont lawyers State's attorneys in Vermont People from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn 19th-century American lawyers Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery