["In a case heard before Judge FRENCH at Shoreditch, the Judge
remarked that the plea of infancy was not a very meritorious
one. 'No,' replied the defendant, 'but it's jolly
convenient.'"--_The Globe._]
When, toddling along with a swell, I pretend
Not to notice a shabby (though excellent) friend,--
Well, it is _not_ lofty, to that I assent,
But then, "it's so jolly con-ve-ni-ent!"
When a tenant has built up a business with care,
And saved to his landlord all cost of repair,
It may not be kind just to double his rent,
Yet somehow "it's jolly con-ve-ni-ent!"
If you've suffered, in polling, a "moral defeat,"
Then to grab each Committee and every paid seat
Some might say was the act of a "cad," not a "gent";
But, you see, "it's so jolly con-ve-ni-ent!"
Then your house is for sale, and, if gifted with brains,
You, of course, do not mention the damp, rats, and drains
Which is not what the ancients by "honesty" meant,
But, still, it _is_ "jolly con-ve-ni-ent!"
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