About the honour'd death-bed of the rich,
To him who else were lonely, that another
Of the great family is near and feels."
The analogy is as beautiful as it is true.
H. M. Bealby.
North Brixton.
Before this talented judge was advanced to the bench, he amused himself and instructed his clients by occasional metrical notes, of which the annexed is a specimen. To make it intelligible to those whom it may not concern, I must add an explanation by the attorney in the suit, who has obligingly placed the learned serjeant's notes at my disposal. This gentleman says: "These notes are in the margin of a brief held by the serjeant as leading counsel in an action of ejectment brought against a person named Rock, in 1842. In converting into rhyme the evidence of the witness Hopkins, as set out in the brief, he has adhered strictly to the statements, whilst he has at the same time seized the prominent points of the testimony as supporting the case."
John Hopkins will identify the spot,
Unless his early sports are quite forgot,
And from his youngest recollection show