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Ten years ago she split the air To seize what she could spy Tonight she bumps against a chair, Betrayed by milky eye. She seems to pant, Time up, time up! My little dog must die, And lie in dust with Hector's pup I So, presently, must I.

Ogden Nash

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
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New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Time
Dies
Betrayal
Milky
Lying
Chair
Presently
Eye
Chairs
Spy
Seems
Tonight
Bumps
Littles
Dust
Seize
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Ten
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Pant
Must
Dog
Betrayed
Pups
Years
Air
Splits
Hector

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