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The Poems of John Byrom
Edited by Adolphus William Ward
Byrom, John (1692-1763)
I.
VOL. I.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
II.
VOL. II.—SACRED POEMS.
I.
PART I.
II.
PART II.
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The Poems of John Byrom
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DISARMING AN ENEMY.
Safer
to reconcile a Foe, than make
A Conquest of him for the Conquest's Sake;
This tames his
Pow'r
of doing present Ill,
But That disarms him of the very
Will
.
The Poems of John Byrom