Ogden Nash frasi celebri
citato in Selezione dal Reader's Digest, ottobre 1977
“Essere un inglese significa appartenere al club più esclusivo che esista al mondo.”
tratto dalla poesia "England expects"
Ogden Nash: Frasi in inglese
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
Good Intentions (1942), So Does Everybody Else, Only Not So Much
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
Good Intentions (1942), Seeing Eye to Eye is Believing
Many Long Years Ago (1945), The Tale of Custard the Dragon
“Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.)
Is planning a ban on smut.”
Smoot Smites Smut
Contesto: Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.)
Is planning a ban on smut.
Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut.
And his reverend occiput.
Smite, Smoot, smite for Ut.,
Grit your molars and do your dut.,
Gird up your l__ns,
Smite h_p and th_gh,
We'll all be Kansas
By and by.
"England Expects"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
"The Porcupine" http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-porcupine/
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
"Adventures of Isabel" http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adventures-of-isabel/
“Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?”
"Good-by, Old Year, You Oaf or Why Don't They Pay the Bonus?" in The Primrose Path (1935)
Many Long Years Ago (1945), Children's Party
“I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.”
"A Clean Conscience Never Relaxes"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Lady Thinks She Is Thirty
“How easy for those who do not bulge
To not overindulge!”
"A Necessary Dirge"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
Good Intentions (1942), So Does Everybody Else, Only Not So Much
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
"Just Keep Quiet and Nobody Will Notice"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
“The further through life I drift
The more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.”
"A Penny Saved Is Impossible"
Good Intentions (1942)
"The Politician"
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938)
It has been dated to at least 1927 http://www.fun-with-words.com/shortest_poem.html, as published in the Mt Rainier Nature News Notes (1 July 1927). <br class="br">Misattributed
Many Long Years Ago (1945), A Watched Example Never Boils
"The Hippopotamus" http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/848.html
“May I join you in the doghouse, Rover?
I wish to retire till the party's over.”
Many Long Years Ago (1945), Children's Party
"Most Doctors Recommend or Yours For Fast Fast Fast Relief" in The Old Dog Barks Backwards (1972)
