For there’s craft in the river, and craft in the street.
Sir G. R.—Why should honesty fly to some safer retreat,
From attorneys, and barges, od-rot ’em?
For the lawyers are just at the top of the street,
And the barges are just at the bottom.
OLD JOKE VERSIFIED.
Says Tom to Bill, pray tell me, sir,
Why is it that the devil,
In spite of all his naughty ways,
Can never be uncivil?