The Usher's Charge

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Title:     The Usher's Charge
Author: W. S. Gilbert [More Titles by Gilbert]

Now, Jurymen, hear my advice--
All kinds of vulgar prejudice
I pray you set aside:
With stern judicial frame of mind,
From bias free of every kind,
This trial must be tried!

Oh, listen to the plaintiff's case:
Observe the features of her face--
The broken-hearted bride!
Condole with her distress of mind:
From bias free of every kind,
This trial must be tried!

And when amid the plaintiff's shrieks,
The ruffianly defendant speaks--
Upon the other side;
What he may say you needn't mind--
From bias free of every kind,
This trial must be tried!

[The end]
W. S. Gilbert's poem: Usher's Charge

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