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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.
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I. TOM THE PORTER.
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II. ON TESTS.
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III. MISS ---'S OBSERVATION UPON THE LATIN MOTTO.
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IV. LOVERS OF LIBERTY.
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V. DE FACTO LOYALTY.
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VI. ON THE NATURALISATION BILL.
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VII. ON THE SAME.
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VIII. ON THE SAME.
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IX. ON THE SAME.
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X. ON THE SAME.
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XI. ADVERTISEMENT UPON THE SAME.
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XII. THE RUMP PARLIAMENT: A HISTORICAL QUESTION.
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XIII. ON THE SAME.
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XIV. THE GHOST OF THE RUMP.
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XV. TO MISO-MANC. AND COMPANY.
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XVI. HOW DIFFERS HISTORY, PRITHEE, FROM HISTORIANS?
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XVII. WHITWORTH'S VICARIOUS SUFFERINGS.
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XVIII. BIRDS OF A FEATHER.
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XIX. OAK-APPLE DAY.
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XX. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN TWO EXECUTED LORDS.
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XXI. A GENUINE DIALOGUE BETWEEN A GENTLEWOMAN AT DERBY AND HER MAID JENNY,
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XXII. VERSES SPOKEN EXTEMPORE BY A SOLDIER THE DAY AFTER HE RECEIVED A FLANNEN WAISTCOAT, THROUGH THE BOUNTY OF THE QUAKERS.
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XXIII. ONE THING WANTING.
  
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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A FAREWELL TO THE WORLD,

From the French.

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I

World, adieu, thou real Cheat!
Oft have Thy deceitful Charms
Fill'd my Heart with fond Conceit,
Foolish Hopes and false Alarms.
Now I feel as clear as Day,
How thy Follies pass away.

II

Vain thy entertaining Sights,
False thy Promises renew'd!
All the Pomp of thy Delights
Does but flatter and delude.
Thee I quit for Heav'n Above,
Object of the noblest Love.

III

Farewell, Honour's empty Pride!
Thy own nice, uncertain Gust,
If the least Mischance betide,
Lays thee lower than the Dust;
Worldly Honours end in Gall,
Rise to Day, To-morrow fall.

IV

Foolish Vanity, farewell!
More inconstant than the Wave;
Where thy soothing Fancies dwell,
Purest Tempers they deprave:
He to Whom I fly from thee,
Jesus Christ, shall set me free.
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V

Never shall my wandering Mind
Follow after fleeting Toys;
Since in God alone I find
Solid and substantial Joys,—
Joys that, never overpast,
Thro' Eternity shall last.

VI

Lord, how happy is a Heart,
After Thee while it aspires!
True and Faithful as Thou art,
Thou shalt answer its Desires;
It shall see the glorious Scene
Of Thy Everlasting Reign.
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