The day, I recall, was a Spring one,
Not hot and oppressive, though warm,
The sort of a day apt to bring one
Right up to the top of one’s form.
So when a kind friend and well-wisher
Said ‘Don’t just sit dreaming there, kid.
Take issue with Miss U. S. Swisher,’
I replied. ‘Yes, I will,’ and I did.
It made me feel just a bit saddish
To crush this poor (feminine) fish:
A voice seemed to whisper, ‘How caddish!’
But still I resolved to take ish.
You can’t be a competent isher
If chivalrous qualms make you wince.
I took issue with Miss U. S. Swisher .
She’s never been quite the same since.
So though low in the world’s estimation,
A bit of a wash-out, in short,
I have always this one consolation ;
I tell myself ‘Courage, old sport !
There are others more gifted and risher
And plenty more beautiful, BUT
You took issue with Miss U. S. Swisher,
So you might be much more of a mutt.’
(P G Wodehouse)
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