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The Poems of John Byrom
Edited by Adolphus William Ward
Byrom, John (1692-1763)
I.
VOL. I.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
I.
PART I.
II.
PART II.
DIALOGUES IN THE LANCASHIRE DIALECT.
VERSES CONTRIBUTED TO THE CHESTER COURANT.
AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND,
SIR LOWBRED O**N,
AGAINST AN UNGALLANT MODERN ROUNDHEAD.
TO THE EARL OF HARRINGTON: AN APPEAL FOR MERCY.
TO LADY B--- W---,
THOUGHTS ON RIME AND BLANK VERSE.
AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND
THE ORIGIN OF POETRY.
A DEFENCE OF RIME.
VERSES ON THE ATTACK UPON ADMIRAL BYNG IN THE “MONITOR.”
REMARKS ON DR. BROWN'S ESTIMATE.
REMARKS ON A PAMPHLET ENTITLED EPISTLES TO THE GREAT, FROM ARISTIPPUS IN RETIREMENT
REMARKS UPON DR. AKENSIDE'S AND MR. WHITEHEAD'S VERSES,
ON THE PATRON OF ENGLAND;
AN EPISTLE TO J. BL---K---N, ESQ.,
THREE EPISTLES TO G. LLOYD, ESQ., ON THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE IN HOMER:
CRITICAL REMARKS IN ENGLISH AND LATIN UPON SEVERAL PASSAGES IN HORACE.
LINES ON A CONTESTED ELECTION TO A FELLOWSHIP OF THE MANCHESTER COLLEGIATE CHURCH.
EPITAPH ON WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM.
PLURAL AND SINGULAR.
AN ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING LETTER, .
TIME PAST, FUTURE, AND PRESENT.
LOOK AT HOME!
DISARMING AN ENEMY.
ANGRY REPROOF.
THE EFFECTS OF MANNER.
THE WICKEDNESS OF REVENGE.
THE SELF-SUBORDINATION OF REASON.
THE QUID AND THE QUIS.
A QUERY.
VERSES DESIGNED FOR A WATCH-CASE.
AN ADMONITION AGAINST SWEARING.
TO THE SAME, EXTEMPORE.
ON PRIOR'S SOLOMON.
AN ANECDOTE.
II.
VOL. II.—SACRED POEMS.
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The Poems of John Byrom
THE ORIGIN OF POETRY.
------Poetry at first began
And with God's power exhilarated man.
The Poems of John Byrom
