They saw and caused a cruel Fate
To damn this child with a felon’s name.
The happy child of Fortune’s breed
For mind and body had fullest plate;
Of noble flesh, an elect seed,
The child they’ve blest both soon and late.
The chanceless child they chose to hate,
To hinder hands that would reclaim—
Ah, even moved some magistrate
To damn this child with a felon’s name.