To a Small Boy Standing on my Shoes While I am Wearing Them por 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
The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus por Ogden Nash In Baltimore there lived a boy. He wasn’t anybody’s joy. Although his name was Jabez Dawes His character was full of flaws. In school he never led his classes
What's the Use? por Ogden Nash Sure, deck your limbs in pants; Yours are the limbs, my sweeting. You look divine as you advance— Have you seen yourself retreating? 1
I Didn’T Go to Church Today por 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
The Bargain por Ogden Nash As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven lives; Seven lives, In seven sacks, Like seven beeves
Old Dr. Valentine to His Son por 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 Camel por Ogden Nash The camel has a single hump; The dromedary, two; Or else the other way around. I’m never sure. Are you?
Introspective Reflection por Ogden Nash I would live all my life in noncha Were it not for making a living, w
Very Like a Whale por Ogden Nash One thing that literature would be Would be a more restricted employm metaphor. Authors of all races, be they Gre Can’t seem just to say that anythi
I Never Even Suggested It por Ogden Nash I know lots of men who are in love And to fall out with their loved o They are conciliatory at every opp Because all they want is serenity Yes, many the swain who has finall