Database of Poems
['Tis to the Pen and Press we mortals owe]
1867-8: Representation of the People Acts
Author: Anon
Publication: Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser
Published: 20 October 1866
Place of publication: Paisley, Scotland
Publication type: Newspaper/Periodical
No full copy of this poem is available.
Archive/Library: Paisley Central Library
This motto decorated the lithographers press that formed part of the 'Grand Reform Demonstration' in Glasgow in October 1866. The full text is: ''Tis to the Pen and Press we mortals owe,/All we possess and almost all we know.'