Classic Poem

“‘‘More have we deserved, we think,
that here have borne the heat of day,
than these that have not work'd two hours,
and thou dost make them equal us.’
Then said the lord to one of them:—
‘Friend, I would not do thee wrong;
take what is thine own and go.
Hired I thee for a penny withal.
why beginnest thou now to chafe?
Was not a penny thy covenant then?
More than agreed one must not claim.
Why shouldest thou then ask for more?