In Statu Quo Ante Bellum

the author is not known, but for years antidotal stories indicate that the poem may have been crafted by Sir Albert Sullivan , of Gilbert and Sullivan fame, who was in Philadelphia at the time defending copy write laws of his music.  There is no real evidence to support that he actually did write the poem.

Oh! glory to the Common Pleas, from whom all glories are!

And honor to their Honors, too who face the wordy Bar!

And chiefest, high above the rest, we cry: "Huzza for Hare!"*

Who  molds the law for brownstone folks

Who live in St. Mark's square.

And glory to the lawyers, too, surcharged with common lore--

With cases, points, and precedents, and arguments a store;

Injunction now is just the thing to suit the people there

No nuisance now for brownstone folks

Who live in St. Mark's square.

No more the clanging sound of bells shall fright the quiet air;

No more the tolling "country chimes" will agitate the fair

And drowsy Cit may sweetly doze upon his easy chair.

No chiming now for brownstone folks

Who live in St. Mark's square.

At midnight now the soldier "swell" from club may safely reel,

And pausing at his lofty door, for friendly latch-key feel;

His morning nap is all secure-- his dreams his own affair

No matin-bell now for brownstone folks

Who live in St. Mark's square.

To Justice--sweet and noble maid, with balances so true,

Who blindly weighs the good and bad-- our thanks are warmly due;

But loftier, greater, grander, still is Equity so rare,

Who guards the nerves of brownstone folks

Who live in St. Mark's square.

*The three panel judge for the case was headed by Presiding Judge Hare