Database of Poems
Gutter-Blood Rhymes!
1832: Representation of the People Acts
Author: Anon
Publication: Loyal Reformers' Gazette
Published: 13 August 1831
Place of publication: Glasgow, Scotland
Publication type: Newspaper/Periodical
A full copy of this poem is available.
Archive/Library: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Classmark(s): Reel Number: 3088; Pressmark: SNMU 175/98
Pages(s): 237
This poem, written in Scots, focuses on the Gorbals. The poem targets those on higher offices (sexton, Baillie, lawyer) who are afraid of the spreading enthusiasm for parliamentary reform.