The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

by W. S. Gilbert

That Counsel, learned in the laws,

With passion almost trembled,

He just had gained a mighty cause

Before the Peers assembled!

Said he, "How dare you have the face

To come with Common Jury case

To one who wings rhetoric flings

Before the Peers assembled?"

Dispirited became our friend—