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Ogden Nash's Humorous Verse

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Ogden Nash was an american poet noted for his humorous verse. He wrot on subjects every body could understand? He wrote this verse about dogz:

The truth I do not stretch or shove
When I state that the dog is ful of love.
Ive also found, by actual test,
A wet dog is the lovingest.

Nash was born in Rye, New York, on August 19 1902. He died in baltimore Maryland, on May 19, 1971.

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Ogden Nash was an American poet noted for his humorous verse. He wrote on subjects everybody could understand. He wrote this verse about dogs:

The truth I do not stretch or shove
When I state that the dog is full of love.
I've also found, by actual test,
A wet dog is the lovingest.

Nash was born in Rye, New York, on August 19, 1902. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 19, 1971.

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