Where this Nerve most successful they grudge me can be!
Truth Christmas Number. 1883.
Some New Year’s Eve Resolves.
Said a Barrister, low to himself, said he,
“Next year I will keep no unearned fee,
I will hold no briefs that I cannot read,
Nor sully my ‘silk’ with dishonest greed.
Next year I will not be paid for work
Which I know full well that I mean to shirk.