Ogden Nash Quote

Oh, why does man pursue the smelt? It has no valuable pelt, It boasts of no escutcheon royal, It yields not ivory or oil, Its life is dull, its death is tame, A fish as humble as its name. Yet — take this salmon somewhere else, And bring me half a dozen smelts.


Verses from 1929 On - The Smelt, Little, Brown & Company. 1959


Oh, why does man pursue the smelt? It has no valuable pelt, It boasts of no escutcheon royal, It yields not ivory or oil, Its life is dull, its death ...

Oh, why does man pursue the smelt? It has no valuable pelt, It boasts of no escutcheon royal, It yields not ivory or oil, Its life is dull, its death ...

Oh, why does man pursue the smelt? It has no valuable pelt, It boasts of no escutcheon royal, It yields not ivory or oil, Its life is dull, its death ...

Oh, why does man pursue the smelt? It has no valuable pelt, It boasts of no escutcheon royal, It yields not ivory or oil, Its life is dull, its death ...