[Illustration: Bos Locutus Est!]
[One of the Delegates at the Conference on Rural Reforms said,
"We do not want to be bossed by the Parsons"; another, "We
don't want soup or blankets, but fair play."]
O GENEROUS gents, who have the "cure of souls,"
Learn hence that justice wins far more than doles.
Blankets and soup Dames Bountiful may give,
But what HODGE craves is a fair chance to live
On labour fairly paid, not casual boons.
SALISBURY's "Circuses," and smart buffoons,
Won't move him, by "amusement," from that wish.
Parties may mutually denounce or "dish;"
But what will win the Labourer for a friend
Is Home and Work, without the Workhouse end!
Listen! Those who heed not will bide the loss,
For _Bos locutus est,--against the_ "_Boss_"!
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