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The Poems of John Byrom
Edited by Adolphus William Ward
Byrom, John (1692-1763)
I.
VOL. I.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
II.
VOL. II.—SACRED POEMS.
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The Poems of John Byrom
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XIV. THE GHOST OF THE RUMP.
The
Ghost of
Hamlet!
Was that Ghost a Rump?
Then, make in Shakespeare one Correction plump;
And in its Speech to
Hamlet
, Sir, be bold
To spell aright: “
I could a
Tail
unfold
.”
The Poems of John Byrom