Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash Isabel met an enormous bear, Isabel, Isabel, didn’t care; The bear was hungry, the bear was The bear’s big mouth was cruel and The bear said, Isabel, glad to me 2
The Dog by Ogden Nash The truth I do not stretch or sho When I state that the dog is full I’ve also found, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.
Soliloquy in Circles by Ogden Nash Being a father Is quite a bother. You are as free as air With time to spare, You’re a fiscal rocket
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
The Ostrich by Ogden Nash The ostrich roams the great Sahar Its mouth is wide, its neck is nar It has such long and lofty legs, I’m glad it sits to lay its eggs.
The Terrible People by Ogden Nash People who have what they want are And I wish I could afford to gath I dont’ mind their having a lot of But I do think that they damn wel But no, they insist on being steal
Look What You Did, Christopher! by Ogden Nash In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Someone sailed the ocean blue. Somebody borrowed the fare in Spa For a business trip on the boundin And to prove to the people, by act
Pretty Halcyon Days by Ogden Nash How pleasant to sit on the beach, On the beach, on the sand, in the With ocean galore within reach, And nothing at all to be done! No letters to answer,
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
More About People by Ogden Nash When people aren’t asking question They’re making suggestions And when they’re not doing one of They’re either looking over your s And then as if that weren’t enough 1