Kind of an Ode to Duty by Ogden Nash O Duty, Why hast thou not the visage of a Why displayest thou the countenanc conscientious organizing spinster That the minute you see her you ar
Peekabo, I Almost See You by Ogden Nash Peekabo, I Almost See You Middle-aged life is merry, and I But there comes a day when your ey And your friends get jocular, so y And of all your friends he is the
The Purist by Ogden Nash I give you now Professor Twist, A conscientious scientist, Trustees exclaimed, “He never bun And sent him off to distant jungle Camped on a tropic riverside,
Lather as You Go by Ogden Nash Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads And not the road.
Kipling's Vermont by Ogden Nash The summer like a rajah dies, And every widowed tree Kindles for Congregationalist eye An alien suttee.
Columbus by Ogden Nash Once upon a time there was an Ita And some people thought he was a r But he wasn’t offended, Because other people thought he wa And he said the world was round,
You Can Be a Republican, I’M a Genocrat by Ogden Nash Oh, “rorty” was a mid-Victorian w Which meant “fine, splendid, jolly And often to me it has reoccurred In moments melancholy. For instance, children, I think i
What’s the Use? by Ogden Nash Sure, deck your limbs in pants, Yours are the limbs, my sweeting. You look divine as you advance . . Have you seen yourself retreating?