“A wonderful bird is a pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week;
But I'm damned if I see how the helican.”

— Ogden Nash

The quote "A wonderful bird is a pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican. He can take in…" is famous quote attributed to Ogden Nash (1902–1971), American poet.

"The Pelican" (1910) by Dixon Lanier Merritt is another poem often misattributed to Nash.
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American poet 1902–1971

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