We British workmen, so they say,
Are free; and who can doubt it?
For, if we do not like our pay,
We’re free—to go without it.
Unlike the helpless negro slave.
Our tyrant-driven brother,
If one employer prove a knave,
We’re free—to find another.
The Labour Leader, May 26, 1894, p. 5
More Verses by Henry Salt
- Wealth and WantJustice, August 8, 1885
- Hymn to MalthusJustice, September 5, 1885
- The Sufficient ReasonThe Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, May, 1927
- The Unborn Pigs to their PatronThe Vegetarian News, July 1928
- The Modern Guy FawkesThe Commonweal, November 5, 1887