'What men gain fairly'

What men gain fairly—that they should possess,

And children may inherit idleness.

From him who earns it—This is understood;

Private injustice may be general good.

But he who gains by base and armèd wrong.

Or guilty fraud, or base compliances.

May be despoiled; even as a stolen dress

Is stripped from a convicted thief, and he

Left in the nakedness of infamy.