Till Pelion's piled on Ossa—and hence

Men shun the Law as a pestilence.

"I call it oppression, and I'm a Judge!

We must put it down, for the wrong's acute;

And then the public no fees will grudge,

But will rush to get suited with a suit;

For Law, the perfection of common sense,

Should never be shunned as a pestilence!"


KING JOHN AT OXFORD.