. The lays of a lawyer . JfM?7 ^^ f 3CcftnotoIeli5ment i^ matie to ti^t <ehitot$ of €l)e Centurp/ ^^ttife^ anti ^ntk. INTRODUCTION OME one more versed in books than I Has something more than hinted I ought to give a reason why This little book is printed; And that tis hard to do—// hathNo bearing on the season; It was not writ for love^ or wrath,Or other obvious reason; It hath no lesson to impart; It solves no social question ;Its pathos may not reach the heart. Its laughter help digestion; Tet if one verse within it finds A sympathetic dimpleOr if it prove to laymen s minds, That lawyers
. The lays of a lawyer . JfM?7 ^^ f 3CcftnotoIeli5ment i^ matie to ti^t <ehitot$ of €l)e Centurp/ ^^ttife^ anti ^ntk. INTRODUCTION OME one more versed in books than I Has something more than hinted I ought to give a reason why This little book is printed; And that tis hard to do—// hathNo bearing on the season; It was not writ for love^ or wrath,Or other obvious reason; It hath no lesson to impart; It solves no social question ;Its pathos may not reach the heart. Its laughter help digestion; Tet if one verse within it finds A sympathetic dimpleOr if it prove to laymen s minds, That lawyers can be simple. Why then Id hold its work well doneThough further praise be stinted. For after all tis half for funThis little book is printed. Zl
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