Full many a pleader, born to draw unfee’d.
And waste his counts upon the desert air!
Some Follett, whom no client e’er would trust,
Some Wilde, who gain’d no verdict in his life;
In den obscure, some Denman there may rust;
Some Campbell, with no peeress for his wife.
The wits of wond’ring juries to beguile,
The wrongs of injured clients to redress:
To gain or lose their verdict with a smile,
And read their speeches in the daily press,