Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash (1902-1971), full name Frederic Ogden Nash, was a US poet well known for his light verse. His poems have unconventional rhyming schemes. The New York Times declared him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry.

Wisdom & Quotes

• The song of canaries

Never varies
And when, they ire moulting
They're pretty revolting.
- The Canary

• Candy

Is dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.
- Reflections On Ice - Breaking

• Dogs display reluctance and wrath

If you try to give them a bath
They bury bones in hideaways
And half the time they trot sideaways.
- An Introduction to Dogs

• One would be in less danger

From the wiles of the stranger
If one's own kin and kith
Were more fun to be with.
- Family Court

• The trouble with a kitten is

That
Eventually it becomes a
Cat.
- The Kitten

• Women would rather be right than reasonable.

- Frailty Thy Name Is a Misnomer

Elsa Lanchester