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VERSES. Br GEORGE BIRDSEYE. HER WILL.

He is a fool who will oppose A woman's will, when he has wed one. Said Lawyer Brown: "I will oppose A woman's Will—when she's a dead one!" ALTERNATES. I bought a suit, then came the bill,— The sum 1 could not pay; So then there came a suit at law,— I did not win the day. Soon after came another bill My lawyer sent; I owe it still. MINISTER AND LAWYER. Much lighter task the Minister's Than is the Lawyer's, one infers; The simple fact is, As adage and experience teach. It is much easier to preach Than 'tis to practise. IN MOURNING. Old Codex died; so learned in legal lore No living lawyer knew so much before. In black the mourners to the funeral came To show respect to Codex' name and fame. His many legal friends contributed To place a monument above the dead: No marble shaft rears o'er his earthly bed,— They rightly placed a Black-stone there instead.

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