An edition of Verses from 1929 on
(1959)
Verses from 1929 on.
[1st ed.]
by Ogden Nash
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Table of Contents
Many long years ago
The reminds me
A Bas Ben Adhem
Seaside serenade
Sedative reflection
People
Nevertheless
When the devil was sick could he prove it?
Oh, stop being thankful all over the place
"My child is phlegmatic ..."- anxious parent
Ha! original sin!
The party
Kindly unhitch that star, buddy
The passionate pagan and the dispassionate public
Theatrical reflection
Portrait of the artist as a prematurely old man
Scram, lion!
A brief gudie to New York
Birdies, don't make me laugh
The pig
Lines to a world-famous poet who failed to complete a world-famous poem, or, come clean, Mr. Guest!
Tabooo to boot
The cobra
Very like a whale
Advice outside a church
Platitudinous reflection
Fragonard
Electra becomes morbid
Reflection on a wicked world
Our child doesn't know anything, or, thank God!
Listen ...
The rabbits
You have more freedom in a house
Love under the Republicans (or well-read patient is talking about, or, look, ma, what I got!
Crossing the border.
The termite
Fahrenheit gesundheit
Versus
I will arise and go now
The hunter
Thoughts thought after a bridge party
Any millenniums today, lady?
A word about winter
How do you say ha-ha in French?
Let's not climb the Washington monument tonight
Who did which? or, who indeed? You bet travel is broadening
What to do until the doctor goes, or, it's tomorrow than you think
Two dogs have I
On waking to the third rainy morning of a long week end
Quick, hammacher, my stomacher!
The cherub
Who called the robin a piccolo player?
What I know about life
Very funny, very funny
We would refer you to our service department, if we had one
First limick
Who taught Caddies to count? or, a burnt golfer fears the child
There were giants in those days, or maybe there weren't
Tarkington, thou should'st be living in this hour
The strange case of Mr. Palliser's palate
Will you have your tedium rare or medium?
The porcupine
There's nothing like instinct, fortunately
Martha's vineyard
The people upstairs
The strange case of the renegade lyric writer
Tableau at twilight
There are more ways to roast a pig than burning the house down, or, you can always stick your head in a volcano
Second limick
September is summer, too, or, it's never too late to be uncomfortable
The second month it's not itemized
The lion
Soliloquy in circles
Roll on, thou deep and dark blue copy writer-roll!
The strange case of the entomologist's heart
Third Limick
Possessions are nine points of conversation
Polterguest, my polterguest
Piano tuner, untune me that tune
Pappy wants a poppy
Not even for brunch
The outcome of Mr. Buck's superstition
Mrs. Purvis dreads room service, or Mr. Purvis dreads it, too
Oh shucks, ma'am, I mean excuse me
Always marry an April girl
Listen to the linotype
Lines to be embroidered on a bib, or the child is father of the man, but not for quite a while
Fourth limick
I do, I will, I have
The guppy
I must tell you about my novel
Good riddance, but now what?
Is this seat taken? yes, or, my neck is sticking in
I'll take the high road commission
Have you tried staying awake? or, they'll find a way to stop that, too
The asp
Grin and bear left
He digs, he dug, he has dug, The eternal vernal, or, in all my dreams my fair face beams
Cousin Euphemia know best, or, physician, heal somebody else
Consider the lapel, sir
Here usually comes the bride
I am full of previous experience
Confession to be traced on a birthday cake
If he scholars, let him go
compliments of a friend
Confound you, December twenty-sexth, I apologize
The middle
For a good dog
The perfect husband
The private dining room
Peekaboo, I almost see you
Correction: Eve Delved and Adam Span
My trip Daorba
The anniversary
All, all are gone, the old familiar quotations
The happy ending to Mr. Train
The calendar-watchers, or, what's so wonderful about being a patriarch?
I'm a pleasure to shop for
A caution to everybody
I didn't say a word, or, who called that piccolo playser a father?
Calling spring VII-MMMC
Everybody's mind to me a kingdom is, or, a great big wonderful world it's
Next!
They won't believe, or New Year's eve, That New Year's day will come what may
Change here for Wichita Falls, or anybody seen my wanderlust?
Don't look for the silver lining, just wait for it
The astigmatic naturalist
The caterpillar
The toucan
The platypus
The hamster
Two goes into tow once, if you can get it there
Why the postman has a ring twice, or, yellow envelope, where have you gone?
The wild jackass
The tortoise
The mules
The cuckoo
The birds
The swan
The voluble wheel chair
The child is father to the man, but with more authority
The visit
A dog's best friend is his illiteracy
Eheu! fugaces, or, what a difference a lot of days make
Everybody wants to get into the baedeker
The wendigo
Mr. Betts's mind a kingdom is
The strange case of the cautious motorist
The unwinged ones
Whit is bibbidi-bobbidi-boo in sanskrit?
You can be a Republican, I'm a Gerontocrat
Fables bulfinch forgot
Chloe and the roue
The thirteenth labor of Hercules
Medusa and the mot juste
Leda's fortunate gaffe
Hi-ho the ambulance-o
Everything's haggis in hobken, or Scots wha hae hae
Father, dear father, go jump in the lake, or, you're costlier than you think
What's in a name? some letter I always forget
The strange case of Mr. O'Banion's come-uppance
Hand me down the old school sliding pads, or, there's a hint of strawberry leaves in the air
The strange case of the lovelorn letter writer
How to be married without a spouse, or, Mr. Kipling, what have you done with Mr. Hauksbee?
Have a seat behind the potted palm, sir
The bat
The chipmunk
Let's not play lotto, let's just talk
Tweedledee and tweedledoom
I remember yule
Kipling's Vermont
Max Schiling, Max Schiling, lend me you green thumb
It's about time
Maybe you can't take it with you, but look what happens when you leave it behind
The club car
Lecturer in bookstore
Reflection on the vernacular
This is my own, my native tongue
Love me but leave my dog alone
It figures
Tune for an ill-tempered clavichord
You can't get there from here
Anybody for money? or, just bring your own basket
Birthday on the beach
So I resigned from the chu chin chowder and marching club
Nature-walks, or, not to mention a dopping of sheldrakes
The squid
The ostrich
The praying mantis
The abominable snowman
The manatee
The squab
Ring out the old, ring in the new, but don't get caught in between
First chime
Second chime
Ms. Found under a serviette in the lovely home
Don't be cross, Amanda
Oafishness sells good, like an advertisement should
Sic semper Mr. Sherman's temper, or, kindly place your order in English
And how keen was the vision of Sir Launfal?
The solitude of Mr. Powers
A brief guide to rhyming, or, how be the little busy doth?
Can I get you a glass of water? or, please close the glottis after you
Chacun a son berlitz
I spy, or, the depravity of privacy
The nymph and the shepherd, or, she went that-a-way
The emancipation of Mr. Poplin, or, skoal to the skimmerless
The buses headed for scranton
Fee fi ho hum, no wonder baby sucks her thumb
An enthusiast is a devotee is a rooter, or, Mr. Hemingway, meet Mr. Stengel
Your lead, partner, I hope we've read the same book
Ho, varlet! my two cents' worth of penny postcard!
It would have been quicker to walk, or don't tell me we're there already
Come on in, the senility is fine
Exit, pursued by a bear
All's brilling in tin pan alley
I saw Euterpe kissing Santa Claus
Good night, sweet mind
The literary scene
Anybody else hate nickynames?
Caesar knifed again, or, culture biz gets hep, boffs profs
Do you plan to speak Bantu? or, abbreviation is the thief of sanity
I can hardly wait for the sandman
If fun is fun, isn't that enough?
Mr. Burgess, meet Mr. Barmecide
Never mind the overcoat, button up that lip
My my
My dream
My conscience
I can't have a martini, dear, but you take one, or, are you going to sit there guzzling all night?
I always say there's no place like New York in the summer, or, that cottage small by a waterfall was snapped up last February
Up from the egg: the confessions of a nuthatch avoider
I know exactly who dropped the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's chowder
Old is for books - Period Period
Period I
Period II
No woe is Gossamer to Mr. Bessemer
I'll eat my split-level turkey in the breezeway
The self-effacement of Electra Thorne
The snark was a boojum was a pawn
There'll always be a war between the sexes, or, a woman can be sometimes pleased, but never satisfied
Preface to the past
The strange case of the lucrative compromise
The strange case of Mr. Wood's frustrations, or, a team that won't be beaten better stay off the field
Table talk
Yorkshire pudding
The sweetbread
The pizza
The shad
To Ee is human
That's funny, wasn't it? no, it won't be
What's in a name? here's what's in a name, or, I wonder what became of John and Mary
Try it suns. and Hols.; it's closed then
Posies from a second childhood, or, hark how Gaffer do chaffer
Daddy's home, see you tomorrow
The absentees
A boy's will is the wind's will?
How to Harry a husband, or, is that accessory really necessary?
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let's let down out hair
What, no sheep?
What the well-read patient is talking about, or, look, ma, what I got!
Crossing the border.
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