Database of Poems
Epigram (On Perceval's blasphemous denunciations)
1832: Representation of the People Acts
Author: Anon
Publication: Reformers' Gazette
Publisher: Muir, Gowans, & Co.
Published: 29 September 1832
Place of publication: Glasgow, Scotland
Publication type: Newspaper/Periodical
Featured individuals:
Alexander Perceval (1787-1858)
No full copy of this poem is available.
Archive/Library: Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Classmark(s): Reel Number: 3089; Pressmark: SNMU 175/98
Pages(s): 213
A short poem which satirises Alexander Perceval, who opposed the Reform Bill. While Perceval believes that all shall 'be damn'd', the speaker states that only he will meet that fate.