On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll;
On plastic clay and leathern scroll,
Man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed,
And lo! the Press was found at last!
Source: The Library, st. 4.
-- John Greenleaf Whittier, (Dec 17 1807-1892), US poet, essayist; He was a popular rural poet, e.g., Barbara Frietchie, who devoted his life to social causes and reform.