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We love the kindly wind and hail, The jolly thunderbolt, We watch in glee the fairy trail Of ampere, watt, and volt.

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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
Wind
Glee
Love
Kindly
Trail
Hail
Volt
Trails
Watt
Fairy
Thunderbolt
Watches
Thunderbolts
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Jolly

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