With these or some such whisperings:
‘’Tis pity that a Shakespeare’s tongue
Should say such un-Shakespearean things!’
“I should not thus be criticised
Had I a face of common wont:
Don’t envy me—now, be advised!”
And, now I think of it, I don’t!
Reprinted from Fun, 14 Nov. 1868.
“The bard a lawyer”—
“Go with me to a notary: seal me there