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The Poems of John Byrom

Edited by Adolphus William Ward

Byrom, John (1692-1763)

VOL. I.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

II.

VOL. II.—SACRED POEMS.

PART I.

II.

PART II.

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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.”