Tableau at Twilight by Ogden Nash I sit in the dusk. I am all alone Enter a child and an ice-cream con A parent is easily beguiled By sight of this coniferous child. The friendly embers warmer gleam,
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,
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
A Drink With Something in It by Ogden Nash There is something about a Martin A tingle remarkably pleasant; A yellow, a mellow Martini; I wish I had one at present. There is something about a Martin
Oh to Be Odd! by Ogden Nash Hypochondriacs Spend the winter at the bottom of the Adirondriacs. You go to Paris and live on champ If you’re dipsomognac.
My Dream by Ogden Nash This is my dream, It is my own dream, I dreamt it. I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love u
A Caution to Everybody by Ogden Nash Consider the auk; Becoming extinct because he forgot Consider man, who may well become Because he forgot how to walk and
Reflection on the Fallibility of Nemesis by Ogden Nash He who is ridden by a conscience Worries about a lot of nonscience; He without benefit of scruples His fun and income soon quadruples
I Yield to my Learned Brother or Is There a Candlestick Maker in the House? by Ogden Nash The doctor gets you when you’re bo The preacher, when you marry, And the lawyer lurks with costly c If too much on you carry. Professional men, they have no car
