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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
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Eye
Chairs
Spy
Seems
Tonight
Bumps
Littles
Dust
Seize
Little
Ten
Split
Pant
Must
Dog
Betrayed
Pups
Years
Air
Splits
Hector
Time
Dies
Betrayal
Milky
Lying
Chair
Presently

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