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The Poems of John Byrom

Edited by Adolphus William Ward
Byrom, John (1692-1763)

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VOL. I.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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DIALOGUES IN THE LANCASHIRE DIALECT.
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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.
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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.,
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THREE EPISTLES TO G. LLOYD, ESQ., ON THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE IN HOMER:
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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.
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VOL. II.—SACRED POEMS.

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THE QUID AND THE QUIS.

In Truths that Nobody can miss,
It is the Quid that makes the Quis;
In such as lie more deeply hid,
It is the Quis that makes the Quid.
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