Life's Perhaps The Only Riddle That We

Oh, I Am A Cook And A Captain Bold, And The Mate Of The Nancybrig, And A Bos'sun Tight, And A Midshipmite, And The Crew Of The Captain's Gig!

Merely Corroborative Detail, Intended To Give Artistic Verisimilitude To An Otherwise Bald And Unconvincing Narrative.

In All The Woes That Curse Our Race There Is A Lady In The Case.

Is Life A Boon? If So, It Must Befall That Death, Whene'er He Call, Must Call Too Soon.

The Law Is The True Embodiment Of Everything That's Excellent; It Has No Kind Of Fault Or Flaw And I, My Lords, Embody The Law.