Perhaps, in those neglected rooms abound
Men deeply versed in all the quirks of laws,
Who could with cases right and wrong confound,
And common sense upset, by splitting straws.
But, ah! to them no clerk his golden page,
Rich with retaining-fees, did e’er unroll;
Chill negligence repress’d their legal rage,
And from the quibbling current of the soul,
Full many a barrister who well could plead,
Those dark and unfrequented chambers bear;