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    Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote more than 500 pieces. With...
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    the Great of Prussia. It was likely popularized by its use in a poem by Ogden Nash and has since become a common colloquialism. Before the 19th century,...
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  • The Tale of Custard the Dragon is a poem for children written by Ogden Nash. A picture book of the 1936 poem with illustrations by Lynn M. Munsinger was...
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    Frederick Nash Ogden (January 25, 1837 – May 25, 1886) was a Confederate officer and leading white supremacist organizer of New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
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  • times", and he has been compared to Don Marquis, Dorothy Parker, and Ogden Nash. He has published three collections of verse, You Took the Last Bus Home...
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  • from in comic verse where it is used for comic effect by poets such as Ogden Nash. The book How to Rap breaks multisyllabic rhymes down extensively. In...
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  • band's name references both poet Ogden Nash and two automobile brands, Nash Motors and Edsel.[citation needed] Ogden Edsl's career began by playing the...
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    and Other Innocent Verses: Ogden Nash, Ivan Chermayeff. Little, Brown and Company. January 1962 – via Amazon.com. Ogden Nash. "The New Nutcracker Suite...
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    Rossini's aria, "Una voce poco fa" from The Barber of Seville. In 1949 Ogden Nash wrote a set of humorous verses to accompany each movement for a Columbia...
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    St. Wenceslas was at the time the most expensive Czech film ever made. Ogden Nash wrote a comic epic poem, "The Christmas that Almost Wasn't" (1957), in...
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