THE GOOD TIME COMING 
  There's a good time coming, boys.
    A good time coming:
  We may not live to see the day,   But earth shall glisten in the ray     Of the good time coming.
  Cannon-balls may aid the truth,     But thought's a weapon stronger;   We'll win our battle by its aid; 
    Wait a little longer.
  There's a good time coming, boys,     A good time coming:
  The pen shall supersede the sword,   And Right, not Might, shall be the lord     In the good time coming.
  Worth, not Birth, shall rule mankind,     And be acknowledged stronger;   The proper impulse has been given; 
    Wait a little longer.
  There's a good time coming, boys     A good time coming:
  War in all men's eyes shall be   A monster of iniquity     In the good time coming.
  Nations shall not quarrel then,     To prove which is the stronger;   Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; 
    Wait a little longer.
  There's a good time coming, boys,     A good time coming:
  Hateful rivalries of creed   Shall not make their martyrs bleed     In the good time coming.
  Religion shall be shorn of pride,     And flourish all the stronger;   And Charity shall trim her lamp; 
    Wait a little longer.
  There's a good time coming, boys,     A good time coming:
  And a poor man's family   Shall not be his misery     In the good time coming.
  Every child shall be a help     To make his right arm stronger;   The happier he, the more he has: 
    Wait a little longer.
  There's a good time coming, boys,     A good time coming:
  Little children shall not toil   Under, or above, the soil     In the good time coming;   But shall play in healthful fields,     Till limbs and mind grow stronger;   And every one shall read and write; 
    Wait a little longer.
  There's a good time coming, boys,     A good time coming:
  The people shall be temperate,   And shall love instead of hate,     In the good time coming.
  They shall use, and not abuse,     And make all virtue stronger;   The reformation has begun; 
    Wait a little longer.
  There's a good time coming, boys,     A good time coming:
  Let us aid it all we can,   Every woman, every man,     The good time coming:
  Smallest helps, if rightly given,     Make the impulse stronger;   'T will be strong enough one day; 
    Wait a little longer.
CHARLES MACKAY