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 Octopus by Ogden Nash Tell me, O Octopus, I begs Is those things arms, or is they l I marvel at thee, Octopus; If I were thou, I’d call me Us.
Everybody Tells Me Everything by Ogden Nash I find it very difficult to enthus Over the current news. Just when you think that at least And that is why I do not like the
The Romantic Age by Ogden Nash This one is entering her teens, Ripe for sentimental scenes, Has picked a gangling unripe male, Sees herself in a bridal veil, Presses lips and tosses head, 1
Come on in, the Senility is Fine by Ogden Nash People live forever in Jacksonvil But you don’t have to live forever The entrance requirements for gram You only have to live until your c From that point on you start looki
The Lion by Ogden Nash Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan! He was eaten by a lion; Following which, the lion’s liones Up and swallowed Bryan’s Bryaness
A Word to Husbands by Ogden Nash To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; Whenever you’re right, shut up. 1
The Clean Plater by Ogden Nash Some singers sing of ladies’ eyes, And some of ladies lips, Refined ones praise their ladylike And course ones hymn their hips. The Oxford Book of English Verse
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.
To a Small Boy Standing on my Shoes While I am Wearing Them by Ogden Nash Let’s straighten this out, my litt And reach an agreement if we can. I entered your door as an honored My shoes are shined and my trouser And I won’t stretch out and read
