A Lawyer's Ghost wept on his post, and then began to state
That the Revolution of Sixty-eight—he meant of Six-and-eight—
For the abolition of needless fees, and the stopping of useless jaw,
Had capped the murder of Privilege by the massacre of Law:
Order, this Spook went on to state, was the prey of police—less prank,
All the real jam of life was lost with the abolition of Rank.
Here he wept! Ah! can there be a sight a pitiful breast to thrill
Like the Ghost of a Lawyer dropping a tear o'er the Ghost of a Lawyer's Bill?
Chorus—Some of the Ghosts, &c.
I woke. A pain possessed my head. The gathered Ghosts were gone,