Database of Poems
Piers and Pillars
1884: Representation of the People Act
Author: Anon
Publication: The Bailie
Published: 17 September 1884
Place of publication: Glasgow, Scotland
Publication type: Newspaper/Periodical
No full copy of this poem is available.
Archive/Library: Glasgow University Library
Classmark(s): Hard copy
Pages(s): 10
This poem warns that freedom may be compromised by attacking the Peers; the poem compares the attempt to take down the House of Lords to Samson, who was killed as he pulled the pillars down.