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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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II.

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DIALOGUES IN THE LANCASHIRE DIALECT.

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I. A LANCASHIRE DIALOGUE, OCCASIONED BY A CLERGYMAN PREACHING WITHOUT NOTES.

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II. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN SIR JOHN JOBSON AND HARRY HOMESPUN;

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III. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE SAME, ABOUT COMPELLING A PERSON TO TAKE THE OATHS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

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.

DISARMING AN ENEMY.

THE EFFECTS OF MANNER.

THE WICKEDNESS OF REVENGE.

THE SELF-SUBORDINATION OF REASON.

THE QUID AND THE QUIS.

VERSES DESIGNED FOR A WATCH-CASE.

AN ADMONITION AGAINST SWEARING.

TO THE SAME, EXTEMPORE.

ON PRIOR'S SOLOMON.

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VOL. II.—SACRED POEMS.

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The Rewards of the Contented.

Two Heav'ns a right contented Man surround,—
One here, and one hereafter, to be found:
One in his own meek Bosom here on Earth,
And one in Abraham's at his future Birth.