Social Commentaries
Two Beggars Disputing Their Right to an Oyster
From Miscellaneous Works (Waller, 1907)
Social Commentaries
BLIND Plaintiff, lame Defendant, share
The friendly Laws impartial care.
A Shell for Him, A Shell for Thee,
The Middle is the Lawyer's-Fee.
So Judge's Word decrees the People's Right,
And Magna Charta is a Paper-Kite.
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MLA
Prior, Matthew. “Two Beggars Disputing Their Right to an Oyster.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/180/.
Chicago
Prior, Matthew. “Two Beggars Disputing Their Right to an Oyster.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/180/.
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