The Lawyers may revere that tree
Where thieves so oft have swung,
Since, by the Law's most wise decree,
Her thieves are never hung.


'Epigram on a Lawyer's desiring one of the Tribe to look with respect to a Gibbet' (1779)

Robert Fergusson Quotes

The Lawyers may revere that tree Where thieves so oft have swung, Since, by the Law's most wise decree, Her thieves are never hung.

The Lawyers may revere that tree Where thieves so oft have swung, Since, by the Law's most wise decree, Her thieves are never hung.

The Lawyers may revere that tree Where thieves so oft have swung, Since, by the Law's most wise decree, Her thieves are never hung.

The Lawyers may revere that tree Where thieves so oft have swung, Since, by the Law's most wise decree, Her thieves are never hung.