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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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VOL. II.—SACRED POEMS.
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PART I.
  
A DIVINE PASTORAL.
  
A THANKSGIVING-HYMN.
  
A HYMN ON THE DIVINE OMNIPRESENCE.
  
GOD THE ONLY TRUE TEACHER.
  
A PARAPHRASE ON THE LORD'S PRAYER.
  
THE COLLECT FOR ADVENT SUNDAY.
  
A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.
  
A HYMN FOR THE SAME.
  
ON THE EPIPHANY.
  
MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION-WEEK.
  
EASTER COLLECT.
  
EASTER DAY.
  
AN HYMN FOR EASTER DAY.
  
ON WHITSUNDAY.
  
ON TRINITY SUNDAY.
  
ON THE SAME.
  
ATHEISM THE ONLY GROUND OF DISCONTENT.
  
A CAUTION AGAINST DESPAIR.
  
A PENITENTIAL SOLILOQUY.
  
FOR THE DUE IMPROVEMENT OF A FUNERAL SOLEMNITY.
  
VERSES WRITTEN UNDER A PRINT REPRESENTING THE SALUTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN.
  
VERSES WRITTEN UNDER A PRINT REPRESENTING CHRIST IN THE MIDST OF THE DOCTORS.
  
HUMILITY.
  
THE POOR IN SPIRIT.
  
LESLIE v. BOURIGNON.
  
PHEBE'S FAN.
  
TE DEUM.
  
DENOMINATIONS.
  
FALSE HAPPINESS.
  
RESIGNATION.
  
GOD'S LOVE TO MAN.
  
THE ETERNAL PROMISE OF GOD.
  
AN HYMN TO JESUS,
  
A FAREWELL TO THE WORLD,
  
AN HYMN, From the French.
  
THE DESPONDING SOUL'S WISH.
  
AN HYMN TO JESUS,
  
ARMELLE NICOLAS' ACCOUNT OF HERSELF.
  
REFLEXIONS ON THE FOREGOING ACCOUNT.
  
TO HIS WIFE.
  
AN HYMN ON SIMPLICITY,
  
A SIMPLE CONFESSION.
  
AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO EARNEST AND IMPORTUNATE PRAYER.
  
A SOLILOQUY, On reading the 5th and 8th Verses of the 37th Psalm.
  
AN EPISTLE FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS SISTER,
  
PASCAL'S CHARACTER OF HIMSELF.
  
ST. CECILIA'S HYMN.
  
A LETTER TO A LADY,
  
A HINT TO CHRISTIAN POETS.
  
ON THE DISPOSITION OF MIND
  
ON THE SAME SUBJECT,
  
ON THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL.
  
AN EPISTLE TO A GENTLEMAN OF THE TEMPLE,
  
A PRAYER, FROM MR. LAW'S SPIRIT OF PRAYER.
  
ENTHUSIASM;
  
THE FORCE OF TRUTH.
  
REMARKS ON DR. MIDDLETON'S EXAMINATION OF THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON'S DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE USE AND INTENT OF PROPHECY.
  
PETER'S DENIAL OF HIS MASTER.
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FAMILIAR EPISTLES TO A FRIEND,
  
A STRICTURE ON THE REV. MR. WARBURTON'S DOCTRINE OF GRACE.
  
AN ANSWER TO SOME ENQUIRIES
  
ON PREACHING;
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FOUR EPISTLES TO THE REV. MR. L---, LATE VICAR OF BOWDON, UPON THE MIRACLE AT THE FEAST OF PENTECOST.
  
A LETTER TO A FRIEND,
  
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN RUSTICUS, THEOPHILUS AND ACADEMICUS,
  
A CONTRAST BETWEEN HUMAN REASON AND DIVINE ILLUMINATION,
  
SOCRATES' REPLY CONCERNING HERACLITUS' WRITINGS.
  
THOUGHTS UPON HUMAN REASON,
  
ON FAITH, REASON, AND SIGHT,
  
VERSES DESIGNED FOR AN INFIRMARY.
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PART II.

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THE POOR IN SPIRIT.

He that [but] spoke it truly, brother John,
Possesses all beatitudes in one:
True poverty of spirit fills his breast,
With all the riches of Heaven's Kingdom blest.
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