Ogden Nash

Born

in Baltimore, Maryland, The United States

August 19, 1902

Died

May 19, 1971

Genre

Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, the New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry".

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	The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash, Lynn Munsinger (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 485 ratings — published 1973 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Candy Is Dandy: The Best of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash (Foreword), Anthony Burgess (Introduction) 4.34 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Ogden Nash 4.35 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ogden Nash's Zoo by Ogden Nash, Etienne Delessert (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pocket Book of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash, Louis Untermeyer 4.28 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1931 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poetry by Ogden Nash, Archibald MacLeish (Introduction) 4.27 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm a Stranger Here Myself 4.04 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1938 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight by Ogden Nash, Lynn Munsinger (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1961 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash, Bridget Starr Taylor (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1936 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Wouldn't Have Missed It: Selected Poems 4.22 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Ogden Nash

“Tonight’s December thirty-first,
Something is about to burst.
The clock is crouching, dark and small,
Like a time bomb in the hall.
Hark, it's midnight, children dear.
Duck! Here comes another year!”
― Ogden Nash, Collected verse from 1929 on

tags: december-31, new-year-s-eve, new-years, new-years-eve

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“Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for.”
― Ogden Nash

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“A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.”
― Ogden Nash, The Private Dining-room and Other Verses

tags: dog, door

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