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A Word To Husbands

To keep your marriage brimming With love in the loving cup, Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; Whenever you’re right, shut up. A Word To Husbands. Frederic Ogden Nash. Born on August 19, 1902 in New York Passed away on May 19, 1971 (at the age of 68)

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A Word To Husbands

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  1. To keep your marriage brimmingWith love in the loving cup,Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;Whenever you’re right, shut up. A Word To Husbands

  2. Frederic Ogden Nash

  3. Born on August 19, 1902 in New York Passed away on May 19, 1971 (at the age of 68) Moved around a lot, settled in Baltimore where he married Frances Leonard Attended Harvard University Commonly writes in AABB or ABCB Light verse Plays by his own rules A little about the late, but great mr.nash

  4. Poems that make you giggle Can range from playful to more serious topics Often contain word play, puns and other literary devices Typically short and sweet Light Verse

  5. Ogden was a baseball fanatic! Did you know?

  6. Taught at St. George’s School Bond salesperson on Wall Street *Hired at Doubleday publishing house (1925) where he began writing poetry Helped write The Cricket of Caradorand Born in a Beer Garden; or, She Troupes to Conquer Published poems in the New Yorker Published his first work Hard Lines(1931) Life and Times

  7. Married Frances Rider Leonard in 1931, had two daughters Wrote screenplays, and a musical One Touch of Venus (1943) Wrote Children’s book through the 1950s such as The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus (1957), Custard the Dragon (1959), and Girls are Silly (1962) Earned a star on the Walk of Fame Television Life and Times

  8. There was a commerative stamp for Ogden Nash! Did you know?

  9. Let’s look at some poems!

  10. Adam Had‘em Fleas

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