Somewhere

Somewhere in a distant star,         Cities of Cocaigne there are,         Paradises of the Bar.         Somewhere 'neath another sun         Counsel cease to see the fun         Lurking in a judge's pun.         Somewhere courts are fair to see,         Beauty joins utility,         Ushers answer courteously.         Somewhere there are bailiwicks         Which for dock defences fix         Nothing under three-five-six.         Somewhere rises struggle sore         For revisorships no more,         Every shire has half a score.         Somewhere educated thought         Scientifically taught         Cross-examines as it ought.         Somewhere judgments are obeyed,         Executions are not stayed,         Fees are almost always paid.         Somewhere County Councils press         Banquets on the circuit mess,         Fleshpots in the wilderness.         Somewhere at Assizes grow         Prosecutions row on row,         Every man has six or so.         Somewhere, eager but for right,         Court and counsel cease to cite         Pointless cases recondite.         Somewhere headnotes give the ground         Whereupon the judges found         Judgments generally sound.         Somewhere juries use their sense,         Basing on the evidence         Verdicts of intelligence.         Somewhere rich embroideries         Woven cunningly of lies         Part in twain at truth's clear eyes.         Somewhere justice grows from wrong,         Till the right that suffered long         Sings at last its triumph song.         Somewhere--even in a place         Peopled by a perfect race--         One side holds a losing case.         Somewhere since the world began         Heaven hath made an honest man,         Somewhere in Aldebaran.