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> the lark is on the wing, the snail is on the thorn, and all's right with the world bit of a Wodehousian twist there. appreciated.
by LeonB 6y ago
> the lark is on the wing, the snail is on the thorn, and all's right with the world
bit of a Wodehousian twist there. appreciated.
- neop1x 6y ago> The year's at the spring > And day's at the morn; > Morning's at seven; > The hill-side's dew-pearled; > The lark's on the wing; > The snail's on the thorn; > God's in His heaven— > All's right with the world! Robert Browning, Pippa Passes (1901) A nice one. I didn't know it.
- m4rtink 6y agoReminds me of NGE. :)
- dmurray 6y agoIt's from a Browning poem that predates Wodehouse, though Bertie Wooster did occasionally quote or misquote it. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/314320-the-year-s-at-the-spring-and-day-s-at-the-morn https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/314320-the-year-s-at-the-sp...
- LeonB 6y agoMy fave is when he (often) asks Jeeves to help him out with a line of poetry. Jeeves always knows.