JOHN TRUMBULL

No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law.

But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law.

But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?