Lines to Be Embroidered on a Bib or the Child Is Father of the Man, But Not for Quite a While by Ogden Nash So Thomas Edison Never drank his medicine; So Blackstone and Hoyle Refused cod-liver oil; So Sir Thomas Malory
Children’s Party by Ogden Nash May I join you in the doghouse, R I wish to retire till the party’s Since three o’clock I’ve done my To entertain each tiny guest. My And if they want me, let them find
The Firefly by Ogden Nash The firefly’s flame Is something for which science has I can think of nothing eerier Than flying around with an unident person’s posteerier.
Tin Wedding Whistle by Ogden Nash Though you know it anyhow Listen to me, darling, now, Proving what I need not prove How I know I love you, love. Near and far, near and far,
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? 1
The Joyous Malingerer by Ogden Nash Who is the happy husband? Why, in 'Tis he who’s useless in the time Who, asked to unclasp a bracelet o Contrives to be utterly futile, fu Or when a zipper nips his loved on
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
The Middle by Ogden Nash When I remember bygone days I think how evening follows morn; So many I loved were not yet dead So many I love were not yet born.
The Bargain by Ogden Nash As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven lives; Seven lives, In seven sacks, Like seven beeves
