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
If He Were Alive Today, Mayhap, Mr. Morgan Would Sit on the Midget’s Lap by Ogden Nash "Beep-beep. BANKERS TRUST AUTOMOB You’ll find a banker at Bankers T Advertisement in N.Y. Times When comes my second childhood,
The Cuckoo by Ogden Nash Cuckoos lead Bohemian lives, They fail as husbands and as wives Therefore they cynically disparage Everybody else’s marriage.
To my Valentine by Ogden Nash More than a catbird hates a cat, Or a criminal hates a clue, Or the Axis hates the United Sta That’s how much I love you. I love you more than a duck can sw 1
Goody for Our Side and Your Side Too by Ogden Nash Foreigners are people somewhere el Natives are people at home; If the place you’re at Is your habitat, You’re a foreigner, say in Rome.
A Lady Who Thinks She Is Thirty by Ogden Nash Unwillingly Miranda wakes, Feels the sun with terror, One unwilling step she takes, Shuddering to the mirror. Miranda in Miranda’s sight 1 1
The Germ by Ogden Nash A mighty creature is the germ, Though smaller than a pachyderm. His customary dwelling place Is deep within the human race. His childish pride he often please 2
À Bas Ben Adhem by Ogden Nash My fellow man I do not care for. I often ask me, What’s he there f The only answer I can find Is, Reproduction of his kind. If I’m supposed to swallow that,
I’Ll Get One Tomorrow by Ogden Nash Barber, barber, come and get me; Hairy torrents irk and fret me. Hair and hair again appears; And climbs like ivy round my ears. Hair across my collar gambols;
Kipling's Vermont by Ogden Nash The summer like a rajah dies, And every widowed tree Kindles for Congregationalist eye An alien suttee.
