When I am articled <br />The Law decrees <br />I shall devote my time <br />To stating fees <br />And learning about Actions <br />Suits and Courts. <br />Then Deeds and Briefs and Grants <br />Must fill my thoughts. <br />While if a naughty <br />Little verse should find <br />Its way into a corner <br />Of my mind <br />I must not tell the chap <br />For whom I work. <br />He pays the penalty <br />If I should shirk <br />And take to writing books <br />And verse instead <br />Of 'hereinafter', 'duly', <br />'Viz', 'the said'.<br /><br />Lesbia Harford<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-i-am-articled/
