The London radical weekly penny newspaper, The Poor Man’s Guardian (1831-1835), espoused working-class rights and the abolition of the stamp tax. The publisher Henry Hetherington was repeatedly imprisoned for publishing this newspaper.
| Poem title | Poet(s) | Date | Vol etc. | Transcribed? | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Bold is the man, at this licentious time” | 1831-08-20 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 7, Page 53 | yes | 18424 | |
| What Is a Peer? | 1831-10-08 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 15, Page 114 | yes | 18425 | |
| Liberty of the Press | 1831-10-08 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 15, Page 116 | yes | 18426 | |
| Drunkards. An Epitaph for Any Drunkard | 1831-11-12 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 21, Page 167 | yes | 18427 | |
| The “Independent” Press | J. R. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1831-11-12 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 21, Page 168 | yes | 18431 |
| The “Respectable” Press | J. R. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1831-11-12 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 21, Page 168 | yes | 18430 |
| The Daily Press | J. R. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1831-11-12 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 21, Page 168 | yes | 18429 |
| The “Times” Newspaper | J. R. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1831-11-12 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 21, Page 168 | yes | 18428 |
| A Metaphor Worth Studying | Rickman, Thomas Clio | 1832-01-07 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 30, Page 238 | yes | 18432 |
| On Wages | One of the Know-Nothings | 1832-01-07 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 30, Page 239 | yes | 18434 |
| Eight Questions Answered in Two Words | 1832-01-07 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 30, Page 239 | yes | 18433 | |
| A Few Lines on Our Clerical Saints | A Huntite | 1832-01-21 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 32, Page 256 | yes | 18435 |
| On seeing the dead body of Holloway the Murderer, lie in “State” at the Town Hall, Brighton | One of the “Swinish Multitude” | 1832-02-04 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 34, Page 271 | yes | 18436 |
| The Fast Day! | J. K. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1832-03-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 40, Page 317 | yes | 18437 |
| Truth No Libel | J. F. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1832-03-24 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 41, Page 326–327 | yes | 18438 |
| The Guardian’s Benediction to His Children | 1832-04-14 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 44, Page 375 | yes | 18439 | |
| The Song of the Parsons (Vide—“Halls of my Birth”) | Comet | 1832-05-05 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 47, Page 383 | yes | 18440 |
| Bishop Fill Pots! Alias Fill Bags!! Now of Exeter | 1832-05-12 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 48, Page 389 | yes | 18441 | |
| The Bill Burkers | 1832-05-26 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 50, Page 405 | yes | 18442 | |
| Lines Written on Receiving Notice of a Summons for the Non Payment of a Church Rate | Midland Representative | 1832-05-26 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 50, Page 406 | yes | 18443 |
| The Effect of Great Riches | J. H. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1832-06-09 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 1, Issue 52, Page 422 | yes | 18444 |
| “Look how haughty and proud, how empty and vain” | J. H. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1832-06-30 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 55, Page 445 | yes | 18446 |
| The Contrast, or, Alfred and William | One of the “Swinish Multitude” | 1832-06-30 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 55, Page 445 | yes | 18445 |
| The Contrast, or, Alfred and William (Continued from No. 55) | One of the “Swinish Multitude” | 1832-07-28 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 59, Page 479–480 | yes | 18447 |
| The Weaver’s Song | Procter, Bryan Waller (pseudonym Barry Cornwall) |
1832-08-04 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 60, Page 486 | yes | 18448 |
| War With Tyranny | Justitia | 1832-08-11 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 61, Page 494 | yes | 18449 |
| Sir “Cockey” Denman | J. H. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1832-09-08 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 65, Page 523 | yes | 18450 |
| Whom Should Poets Sing? | 1832-09-15 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 66, Page 534 | yes | 18451 | |
| Swing Redivivus; A letter (dated October 4, 1832) from a poor man, named Abraham Adair, of Overton | Adair, Abraham | 1832-10-20 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 71, Page 575 | yes | 18452 |
| Song. | 1832-10-27 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 72, Page 582 | yes | 18453 | |
| The Weaver’s Song. Not by Barry Cornwall | 1832-11-03 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 73, Page 587 | yes | 18454 | |
| Rhymes for “Alley!” | 1832-11-03 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 73, Page 589–590 | yes | 18455 | |
| Thou Shalt Rise in the Pride of Thy Glory Again | Collins, E. C. | 1832-11-10 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 75, Page 607 | yes | 18456 |
| Monarchy Unmasked | 1832-11-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 76, Page 615 | yes | 18457 | |
| Stanzas Written in Celebration of the Late Birmingham Meeting | 1832-12-01 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 78, Page 630 | yes | 18458 | |
| Sonnet to Henry Hetherington | D. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1832-12-08 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 79, Page 638 | yes | 18459 |
| The Preston Mills | Elliott, Ebenezer | 1832-12-08 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 79, Page 639 | yes | 18460 |
| Duffey the Dreadful! | A Destructive | 1832-12-22 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 81, Page 654 | yes | 18461 |
| The New-Born Light of the Press | Elliott, Ebenezer | 1832-12-29 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 82, Page 661 | yes | 18462 |
| The Exile of St. Stephen’s. A Parody | J. R. G. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1832-12-29 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 82, Page 663 | yes | 18463 |
| Epigram. On the French Chemist, Baruel, extracting Iron from the Blood of a Corpse | 1833-02-02 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 87, Page 38 | no | 18464 | |
| Poetry | Fisher, W. | 1833-02-16 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 89, Page 53 | no | 18465 |
| Liberty! | 1833-03-16 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 93, Page 86 | no | 18466 | |
| Thoughts on the Borough Chapel | Petrie, George | 1833-03-23 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 94, Page 94 | no | 18467 |
| Lord! Free Us All! | 1833-03-30 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 95, Page 102 | no | 18468 | |
| Might and Right | Procter, Bryan Waller (pseudonym Barry Cornwall) |
1833-05-04 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 100, Page 143 | no | 18469 |
| A New Song Called “Whistle” | Praed, William Mackworth (1802-1839) | 1833-05-11 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 101, Page 150 | no | 18470 |
| Is There Yet Spirit in England? | 1833-05-18 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 102, Page 161 | no | 18471 | |
| What is a King? | Collins, Ebenezer | 1833-06-01 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 104, Page 176 | no | 18472 |
| A Patriotic Hymn to the Gods | Whalley, R. | 1833-06-08 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 105, Page 186 | no | 18473 |
| “‘Power’ wants to send our King” | 1833-06-08 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 105, Page 188 | no | 18474 | |
| When Wily Charles | 1833-06-22 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 107, Page 202 | no | 18475 | |
| Party Colours | 1833-07-06 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 109, Page 219 | no | 18476 | |
| Sonnet to an Infant at the Breast | Rickman, Thomas Clio | 1833-07-06 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 109, Page 220 | no | 18477 |
| Ode to Tyrants | Wolcot, John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) | 1833-07-13 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 110, Page 227 | no | 18478 |
| Original Poetry | N. N. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1833-07-20 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 111, Page 236 | no | 18479 |
| Slavery—Freedom | Cowper, William | 1833-08-03 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 113, Page 251 | no | 18480 |
| A Song for “The Poor Man’s Guardian” | 1833-08-10 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 114, Page 260 | no | 18481 | |
| The Weaver | 1833-08-31 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 117, Page 283 | no | 18482 | |
| The Factory Child | Strickland, Agnes | 1833-09-07 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 2, Issue 118, Page 290 | no | 18483 |
| Ode to Sir Andrew Agnew | 1833-09-14 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 119, Page 298–299 | no | 18484 | |
| Lost and Found, or, the Ultras Lament for Nicholas | 1833-09-21 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 120, Page 306 | no | 18485 | |
| Exclusive Dealing | Davenport, Allen | 1833-09-28 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 121, Page 315 | no | 18486 |
| The Golden God | Davenport, Allen | 1833-10-12 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 123, Page 331 | no | 18487 |
| A New National Song | Hayward, Thomas | 1833-11-16 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 128, Page 370 | no | 18488 |
| Lines. On reading “Political and other Poems,” by Charles Cole, a London Mechanic. | 1833-11-23 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 129, Page 378 | no | 18489 | |
| The Devil’s Visit. (from Cobbett’s Magazine) | 1833-12-14 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 132, Page 402–403 | no | 18490 | |
| Fragment on the Origin of Kings | Jones, William | 1834-01-11 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 136, Page 435 | no | 18492 |
| We Must Let Out a Tuck in the Frock; Or, the March of Intellect. A New Song | 1834-01-18 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 137, Page 441 | no | 18493 | |
| Fragment on Human Debasement | Jones, William | 1834-01-18 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 137, Page 443 | no | 18494 |
| “When a man reasons thus” | Political Corrector | 1834-02-01 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 139, Page 457 | no | 18495 |
| Solitude | Mant, F. E. | 1834-02-01 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 139, Page 459 | no | 18496 |
| The Song of the British Slave | Veritas | 1834-03-01 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 143, Page 31 | no | 18497 |
| Rhymes For Philosophers | Caisson (Elie ∴) | 1834-03-08 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 144, Page 36 | no | 18498 |
| The Tri-Coloured Flag | Veritas | 1834-03-15 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 145, Page 44 | no | 18499 |
| “That all-destructive monster, Competition” | R. R. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1834-03-15 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 145, Page 48 | no | 18500 |
| Reflections of an Oppressed and Starving Peasantry | R. R. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1834-03-29 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 147, Page 61 | no | 18501 |
| Liberty | Mant, F. E. | 1834-05-03 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 152, Page 102 | no | 18502 |
| Lines. On reading in the Newspapers the brief account of the Death of Julian Hibbert | Carlile, Richard | 1834-05-10 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 153, Page 107 | no | 18503 |
| The Procession of the Workmen of London to save their Dorchester Brethren | 1834-05-10 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 153, Page 109 | no | 18504 | |
| “Behold the Bank! its spacious trash” | Jones | 1834-05-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 154, Page 116 | no | 18507 |
| Freemen, Up! | One of the Tenth | 1834-05-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 154, Page 116 | no | 18505 |
| Tenth Ward Battle Song | One of the Tenth | 1834-05-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 154, Page 116 | no | 18506 |
| “Ye tools of the Bank!” | 1834-05-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 154, Page 117 | no | 18509 | |
| The Tar’s Election Song | Nep. (pseudonym) | 1834-05-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 154, Page 116–117 | no | 18508 |
| Song | Lovett, William | 1834-05-24 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 155, Page 126 | no | 18510 |
| “Tho’ humble my cot, and my cares not a few” | 1834-06-07 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 157, Page 143 | no | 18511 | |
| The Lion and the Gnat (From the Commonwealth) | W. A. K. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1834-06-21 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 159, Page 160 | no | 18512 |
| The Gin Drinkers Song | E. J. Hytch | 1834-07-05 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 161, Page 183 | no | 18513 |
| The See! The See! | Flail, Timothy | 1834-07-05 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 161, Page 184 | no | 18514 |
| “Once there was a gilded thing” | 1834-08-23 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 168, Page 231–232 | no | 18515 | |
| “Lo! we have scattered to the wind” | 1834-08-23 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 168, Page 232 | no | 18517 | |
| “Forward let us bend our eyes” | 1834-08-23 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 168, Page 232 | no | 18516 | |
| Exclusive Information to the Holders of Spanish Bonds | M. B. S. (Poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1834-08-30 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 169, Page 240 | no | 18518 |
| Epistle to Robert Owen, on Hearing Some of His Disciples Argue the Social Doctrine | Cole, Charles | 1834-09-20 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 172, Page 263 | no | 18520 |
| The Shooting Season and the Game Laws | MacConnell, Thomas | 1834-09-27 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 173, Page 270 | no | 18521 |
| First. The Poor Jews. Baalam’s Parable, Numbers xxiv., verses 5—9 | MacConnell, Thomas | 1834-10-18 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 176, Page 295 | no | 18522 |
| Second. The Rich Jews | MacConnell, Thomas | 1834-10-18 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 176, Page 295 | no | 18523 |
| The Gin Palace | Fleming, Wilmington | 1834-10-25 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 177, Page 303 | no | 18524 |
| A Sketch of the Chancellor. (From a Correspondent) | 1834-11-15 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 180, Page 327 | no | 18525 | |
| Sonnet. The Birth-Day of Pierre Bayle. November 30th, 1834 | 1834-12-06 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 183, Page 350 | no | 18526 | |
| An Ode on the Duke of Gloucester | 1834-12-13 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 184, Page 359 | no | 18527 | |
| A New Song for the Parson | 1834-12-20 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 185, Page 367 | no | 18528 | |
| A Poor Man’s Song | 1834-12-27 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 3, Issue 186, Page 372 | no | 18529 | |
| The Song of a Gravedigger | Dance, Charles | 1835-01-03 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 187, Page 383 | no | 18530 |
| Wonderful Project for Blackburn Town | A. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1835-01-10 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 188, Page 391 | no | 18531 |
| The Boat of Life | Moore, Thomas (1779-1852) | 1835-01-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 189, Page 398 | no | 18532 |
| “Remember, remember” | 1835-01-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 189, Page 398 | no | 18534 | |
| The Days of Yore | 1835-01-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 189, Page 398 | no | 18533 | |
| “Down with the Tories!” | 1835-01-24 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 190, Page 406 | no | 18535 | |
| Eighteen-Thirty-Five. II. | 1835-01-24 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 190, Page 408 | no | 18537 | |
| Eighteen-Thirty-Four. I. | 1835-01-24 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 190, Page 408 | no | 18536 | |
| Rambling Ruminations of a Tory Premier. During the General Election, January 1835. (For the Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1835-02-07 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 192, Page 422 | no | 18538 | |
| Hume versus Wood-en-head. An Election Epigram | 1835-02-07 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 192, Page 422–423 | no | 18539 | |
| The Life and Adventures of John St. John Long, the Quack. (For the Guardian) | 1835-02-21 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 194, Page 439 | no | 18540 | |
| Hymn to God | Clarke, Charles Cowden | 1835-03-07 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 196, Page 456 | no | 18541 |
| Reason | Tennent, A. | 1835-03-21 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 198, Page 471 | no | 18542 |
| Priestcraft | Tennent, A. | 1835-04-04 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 200, Page 485 | no | 18543 |
| A Parson’s Song | A Devonshire Parson | 1835-05-16 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 206, Page 536 | no | 18544 |
| Freedom’s Call; Or, the Abolition of White Slavery | Rowe, Aaron | 1835-05-23 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 207, Page 543 | no | 18545 |
| An Epitaph on John Baker, Who Lies Interred Not Far from Wigan | 1835-05-23 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 207, Page 543 | no | 18546 | |
| The Whigs in Danger—The Tories in Danger—Their Spoil in Danger | 1835-05-30 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 208, Page 550 | no | 18547 | |
| Stanzas on a White Hawthorn in Full Bloom in a Field near Richmond Hill | MacConnell, Thomas | 1835-06-20 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 211, Page 572 | no | 18548 |
| Lines Suggested by a Sight of the Celebrated David’s Large Picture of Napoleon and His Troops Crossing the Alps; Now on Show in Leicester-Square | MacConnell, Thomas | 1835-07-04 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 213, Page 588 | no | 18549 |
| Lines for Cobbett’s Grave. (For the Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1835-07-11 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 214, Page 598 | no | 18550 | |
| Awake! The Torpor of This Dream | 1835-08-01 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 217, Page 622 | no | 18551 | |
| To the Spanish People, in Expectation of the Arrival of the British Mercenaries, under the Command of the “Liberal” Colenel Evans | T. J. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1835-08-22 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 220, Page 646 | no | 18552 |
| Black and White Slavery; A Contrast. An Instructive Recitation for Working Men | Thomson, Gilbert | 1835-08-29 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 221, Page 654 | no | 18553 |
| The Free! The Free! | 1835-10-10 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 227, Page 702 | no | 18554 | |
| Blithsome Weather’s Come Again | 1835-10-17 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 228, Page 710 | no | 18555 | |
| Hurrah! Hurrah! We Are Winning Now | 1835-10-24 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 229, Page 718 | no | 18556 | |
| He Has Ceased From His Toil | 1835-10-31 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 230, Page 726 | no | 18557 | |
| The Factory | C. E. N. (poet; Poor Man’s Guardian) | 1835-11-07 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 231, Page 733 | no | 18558 |
| Slave! Art Content to Wear | 1835-11-07 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 231, Page 733 | no | 18559 | |
| Awake! The Torpor of This Dream | 1835-11-14 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 232, Page 742 | no | 18560 | |
| Napoleon’s Tomb | Tennent, A. | 1835-11-28 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 234, Page 758 | no | 18561 |
| Near the Isis’ Gentle Waters | 1835-12-05 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 235, Page 776 | no | 18562 | |
| Sing Sing With Spirit | 1835-12-12 | The Poor Man’s Guardian Volume 4, Issue 236, Page 784 | no | 18563 |