Nursery Rhymes

Rhymes by Ogden Nash




Requiem

There was a young belle of old Natchez Whose garments were always in patchez. When comment arose On the state of her clothes, She replied, "When Ah itchez, Ah scratchez." Ogden Nash

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The Ant

The ant has made himself illustrious Through constant industry industrious. So what? Would you be calm and placid If you were full of formic acid? Ogden Nash

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I Think that I Shall Never See

I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. Ogden Nash

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The Camel

The Camel has a single hump, The dromedary two, Or is it just the other way, I'm never sure -- are you? Ogden Nash

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