Then won't you, won't you, little International Working-Man?
We've already done a little to improve poor Labour's lot,
Shorten its hours, insure its life, and help to fill its pot.
But the poorer and the weaker yet fall short of the reality
Of "conformity to the principles of Chris-ti-an morality."
Then won't you, &c.
'Tis one of the State's duties, friends, to regulate the time,
The duration and the nature of your work,—a task sublime;
And you'll find we'll do it better, if you only won't resist,
Than that most obnoxious personage, the shouting Socialist.