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The Poems of John Byrom

Edited by Adolphus William Ward

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True and False Inspiration.

An heated Fancy or Imagination
May be mistaken for an Inspiration.”—
True; but is this Conclusion fair to make,
That Inspiration must be all Mistake?
“A Pebble-stone is not a Diamond.”—True;
But must a Diamond be a Pebble too?