Database of Poems
[Ye lordly loons, and worthless peers]
1884: Representation of the People Act
Author: Anon
Publication: Evening Times
Published: 27 September 1884
Place of publication: Glasgow, Scotland
Publication type: Newspaper/Periodical
No full copy of this poem is available.
Archive/Library: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Classmark(s): Microfilm
Pages(s): 3
This poem appears in an article on the ‘Franchise Demonstration at Paisley – To-day’, which, we are told, was the ‘last of the more important political gatherings which have taken place in Scotland over the rejection of the measure for the extension of the franchise by the House of Lords’. At the event, many banners featuring poetic mottos were carried and they are detailed in this article. This motto was carried by the 'Engineers' and it reads: 'Ye lordly loons, and worthless peers, / Beware of Paisley's engineers'.