OT: Does anyone know this poem?

Watching a tv chat show made us think of that poem that starts something like:-

"I can`t abide the human race, I cannot stand it`s silly face!"

I Googled it, but can`t have got the first line entirely right, as Google has never let me down before!

PLEASE does anyone know it or where to find it? It`s driving us nuts.

Pat

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Pat P
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Not sure, but it sounds almost like Dr Seuss to me

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Magic Mood Jeep

I was thinking Ogden Nash myself, but couldn't find it on line. Almost sounds like a line from a Marx Brothers movie too.

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

By googling "human race silly face" I found this:

I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I=92m introduced to one, I wish I thought "What Jolly Fun!"

--Walter Raleigh (1861-1922) English lecturer and critic, from "Wishes of an Elderly Man: wished at a garden party" 1914

Then I found it in my edition of Bartlett's quotations.

Donna in Virginia

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Donna

By googling "human race silly face" I found this:

I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I?m introduced to one, I wish I thought "What Jolly Fun!"

--Walter Raleigh (1861-1922) English lecturer and critic, from "Wishes of an Elderly Man: wished at a garden party" 1914

Then I found it in my edition of Bartlett's quotations.

Donna in Virginia

Bless you, Donna - that`s it! No wonder it wouldn`t come up on Google for me!

Actually, I`d thought Ogden Nash, like Cheryl.

Look out for low flying ladybirds, Cheryl!

Pat

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Pat P

Not a problem. My family was amused when I recited it at dinner last night.

Donna in Virginia

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Donna

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