Aye, even on judicial bench, where justice should be done,
How scattering are the cases where Right the victory won!
Lawyers, judge and jury exparte view the case—
An angel would be ruined in the defendant's place!
In vain is protestation, in vain a blameless life;
Some must be doomed to prison when prejudice is rife!
Law must keep its servants in stations high and proud,
Tho' every hour should furnish a coffin and a shroud!
The modern Shylock of today, unlike his friend of old,
Demands the pound of quivering flesh and all his victim's gold;