A Flea and a Fly in a Flue by Ogden Nash A flea and a fly in a flue Were imprisoned, so what could the Said the fly, “let us flee!” “Let us fly!” said the flea. So they flew through a flaw in the
Listen... by Ogden Nash There is a knocking in the skull, An endless silent shout Of something beating on a wall, And crying, “Let me out!” That solitary prisoner
Look What You Did, Christopher! by Ogden Nash In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Someone sailed the ocean blue. Somebody borrowed the fare in Spa For a business trip on the boundin And to prove to the people, by act
Always Marry an April Girl by Ogden Nash Praise the spells and bless the ch I found April in my arms. April golden, April cloudy, Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy; April soft in flowered languor,
Good-By Now or Pardon my Gauntlet by Ogden Nash Bring down the moon for genteel J She’s too refined for this gross p She wears garments and you wear cl You buy stockings, she purchases h She say That is correct, and you
The Guppy by Ogden Nash Whales have calves, Cats have kittens, Bears have cubs, Bats have bittens, Swans have cygnets,
The Pig by Ogden Nash The pig, if I am not mistaken; Supplies us sausage, ham, and baco Let others say his heart is big— I call it stupid of the pig.
I Do, I Will, I Have by Ogden Nash How wise I am to have instructed I am about to volunteer a definiti Just as I know that there are two I know that marriage is a legal an Moreover, just as I am unsure of
Lines to Be Embroidered on a Bib by Ogden Nash So Thomas Edison Never drank his medicine; So Blackstone and Hoyle Refused cod-liver oil; So Sir Thomas Malory
The Cuckoo by Ogden Nash Cuckoos lead Bohemian lives, They fail as husbands and as wives Therefore they cynically disparage Everybody else’s marriage.
