The Ostrich by Ogden Nash The ostrich roams the great Sahar Its mouth is wide, its neck is nar It has such long and lofty legs, I’m glad it sits to lay its eggs.
Spring Comes to Murray Hill by Ogden Nash I sit in an office at 244 Madison And say to myself You have a resp Why then do you fritter away your If you have a sore throat you can If you have a sore foot you can ge
The Shrimp by Ogden Nash A shrimp who sought his lady shrim Could catch no glimpse Not even a glimp. At times, translucence Is rather a nuisance.
Kipling’s Vermont by Ogden Nash The summer like a rajah dies, And every widowed tree Kindles for Congregationalist eye An alien suttee.
No Doctor’s Today, Thank You by Ogden Nash They tell me that euphoria is the well, today I feel euphorian, Today I have the agility of a Gre Victorian. Yes, today I may even go forth wi
No, You be a Lone Eagle by Ogden Nash I find it very hard to be fair-min About people who go around being a I just can’t see any fun In soaring up up up into the sun When the chances are still a fresh
Reprise by Ogden Nash Geniuses of countless nations Have told their love for generatio Till all their memorable phrases Are common as goldenrod or daisies Their girls have glimmered like th 1
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
