Everyone But Thee And Me.

by Ogden Nash

Witty poetic commentaries on many subjects.

Genres: Poetry, Humor

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1962

About the author

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".

Reviews

[Tim Jarrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sure, you may turn up your proverbial proboscis
At this, a book of undistinguished yet ineffable Nashlish verse.
I’m quite sure I’ve read better
But I know for certain that I’ve also read far far worse.

[Carrie Poppy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silly!

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

To flatter it
seems inadequate.
There's no rhymer
more sublimer.

[Alison Walker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bought this 1963 hardback edition with lovely illustrations in a charity shop and have been reading it over my morning pot of tea . A lot of the poems fell short with me and felt dated , also maybe I didn’t get the American humour.

[Rob Smith, Jr. · Rating 4 out of 5]

aAnotgher wonderful colelction of poetic ditties. Favorites are 'All's Noel that ends Noel', 'The Miraculous Countdown', 'The Kipper', 'All Quiet Along the Potomac, Except the Letter G' and 'Shall we Dance?'.

This collection is not 100% excellent.There are a few clunkers here. But all is sure a lot of fun to read!

Bottom line: I recommend this book. 8 out of 10 points.

[jan.hazlett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before Shel Silverstein there was Ogden Nash. A timeless must read.

[Regine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gently humorous verse from a bygone era, but not bygone human nature.

A part of “Lines Fraught with Naught But Thought”:
…Descartes was one of the few who think,
therefore they are,
Because those who don’t think, but are
anyhow, outnumber them by far.
If of chaos we are on the brink
It is because so many people only think that
they think.
In truth, of anything other than thinking they
are fonder,
Because thought requires the time and effort
to reflect, cogitate, contemplate, meditate,
ruminate and ponder.
Their minds are exposed to events and ideas
but they have never pondered or reflected
on them
Any more than motion picture screens
meditate on the images that are projected
on them.
Hence, our universal confusion,
The result of the unreasoned, or jumped at,
conclusion,…

[Jerome Berglund · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this light verse, so glad a trusted friend glowingly recommended author, would like to read his whole oeuvre!! Somewhere between Cole Porter and Shel Silverstein, but with some extraordinary rhymes and turns of phrase which would dazzle the deftest hip hopper with admiration. Makes me saddened such polished forms, witty conversational tones and learned subject matter is not presently in vogue, our generation certainly misses our. The peace promoting pieces were particularly pleasurable and important portions of a positively provocative collection. Phenomenal!

[David Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

Humorous, often curmudgeonly verse from a man who never seems happier than when he is torturing a rhyme to within an inch of its life, and who will no doubt provide you with a series of sensible chuckles, especially if you possess the aesthetic sensibility of a venerable mid-century middlebrow wit. Some of them are genuine eye-rollers, but if you enjoy that subtle frisson of chancing upon rare and unusual (or spurious, or totally made-up) words as they are employed in complementing a daunting rhyme, how could you hope to do better?

[Amelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some witty, humorous lines and coinages obviously, but a whole lot more dated references and 50s argot that left me adrift and oftentimes not even understanding what he was getting at in a given poem.

If you’re interested in jumping into something that is very firmly set in its era, this collection is definitely cool. It’s actually obtrusively dated which makes it kind of like watching an old movie.

[Marc Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now here's an oldie but goodie. Ogden Nash is the reliable funny man of verse, and he doesn't disappoint in this book. While some of the versification is a bit too topical to the era of this publication (1962), much is easy to enjoy. Maybe a bit out of favor now, yet this book and his other volumes provide much mirth and laughter; and isn't that what the world needs now. Well worth your time (the book is only 171 pages long).

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun book of humorous poetry by a master author!

[Amunet Zilla · Rating 3 out of 5]

A few good ones and a few boring ones and a lot of complaining

[Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant complex wordplay and deep thought masquerading as doggerel.

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vintage Nash

Ogden uses English as it is meant to be used to express feelings and sights that grammarians could never depict. He is mostly funning, awe-inspiring, and almost hypnotic in his depiction of everyday life example:

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.