John Byrom Poems on Man Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

'TIS Man's own Nature, which in its own Life, Or Centre, stands in Enmity and Strife, And anxious, selfish, doing what it ...

What num'rous texts from Paul, from ev'ry saint,Might furnish our citations, did we want?And could not see, that Righteousness, or ...

Pagan - said I - I must retract the word,For the poor Pagans were not so absurd:Their Jupiter, of gods ...

Two honest tradesmen meeting in the Strand,One took the other briskly by the hand;"Hark ye," said he, "'tis an odd ...

Christians awake, salute the happy morn,Whereon the saviour of the world was born;Rise, to adore the mystery of love,Which hosts ...

If once establish'd the essential part,The inward Church, the Temple of the Heart,Or house of God, the substance, and the ...

A Christian, in so catholic a sense,Can give to none, but partial minds offence;Forc'd to live under some divided part,He ...

A Local union, on the other hand,Though crowded numbers should together stand,Joining in one same Form of pray'r and praise,Or ...

Indeed, Sir Peter, I could wish, I own,That parsons would let politics alone;Plead, if they will, the customary plea,For such ...

What is more tender than a mother's loveTo the sweet infant fondling in her arms?What need of arguments her heart ...

Prayer and thanksgiving is the vital breathThat keeps the spirit of a man from death;For pray'r attracts into the living ...

To own a God, who does not speak to men,Is first to own, and then disown again;Of all idolatry the ...

John Byrom Poems on Man (12 Poems)