And with a potion of pity, and hate, he knew the furrowy face
Of the grim, of the Writ MacFee, Q.C., of the most remarkable case.
The bloom of his pampered nose was gone, 'twas shrivelled, and pinched, and shrunk!
His adipose peach of cheek, was fled, 'twas lean, and withered, and sunk,
A derelict there; by the prosperous port of wealth, and power, and place,
He lay the identical Writ MacFee, of the most remarkable case!
"O spare me doctor! for I'll confess,—I should have been in your place.
As the treacherous co-respondent, of the most remarkable case,
T'was I, was the homestead wrecker, but never as Writ MacFee,