page_title: John Godfrey Saxe
hierarchical_section_title: John Godfrey Saxe
caption_attribution_description: John Godfrey Saxe. Library of Congress description: "John Godfrey Saxe".
context_page_description: John Godfrey Saxe I was an American poet known for his re-telling of the Indian parable "The Blind Men and the Elephant", which introduced the story to a Western audience. He also said "Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made."
context_section_description: John Godfrey Saxe I (June 2, 1816 – March 31, 1887) was an American poet known for his re-telling of the Indian parable "The Blind Men and the Elephant", which introduced the story to a Western audience. He also said "Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made."
caption: John Godfrey Saxe, circa 1855 to 1865
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