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To My Valentine
Ogden Nash (1902–1971) I love you more than a duck can swim, And more than a grapefruit squirts; I love you more than a gin rickey, And more than a toothache hurts. As a shipwrecked sailor hates the sea, Or a juggler hates to drop; As a hostess detests unexpected guests, That's how much I love you—stop! Ogden Nash an amazing humourist whose short pithy poems entered the realm as an treasure. Born, Frederick Ogden Nash on August 19, 1902 in Rye, New York. Published 19 books of poetry.Elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1950. Lived in New York but his principal home was in Baltimore, Maryland, where he died on May 19, 1971 More poems
Copyright Interpure 2026
To My Valentine
Ogden Nash (1902–1971) I love you more than a duck can swim, And more than a grapefruit squirts; I love you more than a gin rickey, And more than a toothache hurts. As a shipwrecked sailor hates the sea, Or a juggler hates to drop; As a hostess detests unexpected guests, That's how much I love you—stop! Ogden Nash an amazing humourist whose short pithy poems entered the realm as an treasure. Born, Frederick Ogden Nash on August 19, 1902 in Rye, New York. Published 19 books of poetry.Elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1950. Lived in New York but his principal home was in Baltimore, Maryland, where he died on May 19, 1971 More poems