Thanks guys! I think I found a better solution by editing the XML and adding an explicit <label> child to the <button>:
<object class="GtkButton"> <child> <object class="GtkLabel"> <property name="justify">center</property> <property name="label">Two
Lines</property> </object> </child> </object>Probably obvious to the more experienced, but I'm only just getting my feet wet with this.