? Madame Eulalie - Fun Magazine (UK)

Morning Carol

By

P.G. Wodehouse

First published in Fun Magazine, April 6, 1901

 

Oh! The present is gay,

And the future is bright.

As I lie on my bed

With a heart that is light.

For I think with a smile

(And I know I am right)

That my face is a fairly

Presentable sight,

And I need not get up

For ten minutes quite.

For -Oh! Rapture ecstatic,

I shaved overnight.