Pity the sorrows of an ill-used man,

On whom has closed the heavy prison door;

Be generous, and give him all you can,

To rescue him from Justice—I implore.

Judy. April 24, 1872.


The Bar’s Petition.

Pity the sorrows of a poor old Bar,[116]

Whose trembling base is rotten to the core;

For whose last day one scarce need look afar,