How verdant the country adjacent!

Would anyone hint, save a pump,

That he is not high equity's model?

"Stand down, Mr. Critic, or—" thump!

The Sage receives one for his noddle.

Gravitation from Magistrates' rules is exempt,

And a pippin you cannot commit for contempt.

Little Public Opinion will reck,

Though austere Rhadamanthus should chide it,

And even a haughty Home Sec.,