Liars for witnesses; for lawyers brutes
Who lose their tempers to retrieve their suits;
Cowards for jurors; and for judge a clown
Who ne'er took up the law, yet lays it down;
Justice denied, authority abused,
And the one honest person the accused
Thy courts, my country, all these awful years,
Move fools to laughter and the wise to tears.
By A Defeated Litigant
Ambrose Bierce
(1)
Poem topics: justice, laughter, april fools, wise, person, country, judge, retrieve, authority, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about By A Defeated Litigant poem by Ambrose Bierce
Best Poems of Ambrose Bierce