When a felon's not engaged in his employment, <br />Or maturing his felonious little plans, <br />His capacity for innocent enjoyment <br />Is just as great as any honest man's. <br />Our feelings we with difficulty smother <br />When constabulary duty's to be done: <br />Ah, take one consideration with another, <br />A policeman's lot is not a happy one! <br /> <br />When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling, <br />When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime, <br />He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling, <br />And listen to the merry village chime. <br />When the coster's finished jumping on his mother, <br />He loves to lie a-basking in the sun: <br />Ah, take one consideration with another, <br />The policeman's lot is not a happy one!<br /><br />William Schwenck Gilbert<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-policeman-s-lot/
