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Vanity Fair (UK) (February 8, 1906)
When the Yankee Rhadamanthus isn’t judging,
His energies he never will refuse
(And give them, mind you, freely, without grudging)
To gathering the spiciest of news.
If the members of the Smart Set cut their capers,
His Honour makes them pay for all their fun,
For he writes up all their secrets in the papers:
A Judge’s life’s an interesting one.
When the Judge has finished all his daily labours,
When he’s through with all the worries of the Bar,
He loves to find out things about his neighbours,
And put them in a biting little par;
And in spite of all the taunts of Mr Collier,
And the yarns that trenchant gentleman has spun,
I can hardly think of any life much jollier:
A Judge’s lot is far the happiest one.