Author: Anon

Publication: Five Favourite Songs

Publisher: J M'Nairn

Place of publication: Newton Stewart, Scotland

Publication type: Chapbook

Featured individuals:
King William IV (1765-1837)
Henry Brougham (1778-1868)
John Singleton Copley, Lord Lyndhurst (1772-1863)
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (1791-1860)
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845)
John Lambton, Earl of Durham (1792-1840)
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1782-1845)
Charles William Vane, Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854)
Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840)
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

No full copy of this poem is available.

Archive/Library: Glasgow University Library
Classmark(s): Special Collections: Bh.13-d.34
Pages(s): 2-3

The speaker of this poem asks Reformers to come together and rejoice as 'the victory is won', after a long and steadfast cause.  While the Tories may 'rage', it proposes health to many of the key politicians who were fighting for reform.  It also commends King William on his support for the reform cause.  The speaker states that the King now reigns over 'a nation of freemen'.  Unity is the key theme of this poem: reformers are referred to as 'brother Reformers', and it is believed that the 'spirit of Union' has made reform a reality.  Although no date is assigned to this poem or chapbook, it is most likely from 1832.