Children’s Party por Ogden Nash May I join you in the doghouse, R I wish to retire till the party’s Since three o’clock I’ve done my To entertain each tiny guest. My And if they want me, let them find
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 Firefly por 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.
A Lady Who Thinks She Is Thirty por 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
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?
Lines on Facing Forty por 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.
Just Keep Quiet and Nobody Will Notice por Ogden Nash There is one thing that ought to b Which is that people ought to be t I don’t mean the kind of apologies Because I think that is sort of s No, I object to one kind of apolo
The Centipede por Ogden Nash I objurgate the centipede, A bug we do not really need. At sleepy-time he beats a path Straight to the bedroom or the bat You always wallop where he’s not,
The Cantaloupe por Ogden Nash One cantaloupe is ripe and lush, Another’s green, another’s mush. I’d buy a lot more cantaloupe If I possessed a fluoroscope.
Spring Comes to Murray Hill por Ogden Nash I sit in an office at 244 Madison And say to myself You have a resp Why then do you fritter away your If you have a sore throat you can If you have a sore foot you can ge