I Didn't Go to Church Today by Ogden Nash I didn’t go to church today, I trust the Lord to understand. The surf was swirling blue and whi The children swirling on the sand. He knows, He knows how brief my s
Old Men by Ogden Nash People expect old men to die, They do not really mourn old men. Old men are different. People loo At them with eyes that wonder when People watch with unshocked eyes;
The Rhinoceros by Ogden Nash The rhino is a homely beast, For human eyes he’s not a feast. Farwell, farewell, you old rhinoce I’ll stare at something less prepo
No Doctor’s Today, Thank You by Ogden Nash They tell me that euphoria is the well, today I feel euphorian, Today I have the agility of a Gre Victorian. Yes, today I may even go forth wi
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.
Kind of an Ode to Duty by Ogden Nash O Duty, Why hast thou not the visage of a Why displayest thou the countenanc conscientious organizing spinster That the minute you see her you ar
I Didn’T Go to Church Today by Ogden Nash I didn’t go to church today, I trust the Lord to understand. The surf was swirling blue and whi The children swirling on the sand. He knows, He knows how brief my s
Old Dr. Valentine to His Son by Ogden Nash Your hopeless patients will live, Your healthy patients will die. I have only this word to give: Wonder, and find out why
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
Lines on Facing Forty by Ogden Nash I have a bone to pick with fate, Come here and tell me girly, Do you think my mind is maturing l Or simply rotting early.
