A Poetical Version Of A Letter From Facob Behmen (John Byrom Poems)
'TIS Man's own Nature, which in its own Life, Or Centre, stands in Enmity and Strife, And anxious, selfish, doing what it ...
John Byrom Poems (17 Poems)
Thoughts on Imputed Righteousnes (John Byrom Poems)
What num'rous texts from Paul, from ev'ry saint,Might furnish our citations, did we want?And could not see, that Righteousness, or ...
Thoughts on Predestinati (John Byrom Poems)
Pagan - said I - I must retract the word,For the poor Pagans were not so absurd:Their Jupiter, of gods ...
The Three Black Crows (John Byrom Poems)
Two honest tradesmen meeting in the Strand,One took the other briskly by the hand;"Hark ye," said he, "'tis an odd ...
Hymn For Christmas Day (John Byrom Poems)
Christians awake, salute the happy morn,Whereon the saviour of the world was born;Rise, to adore the mystery of love,Which hosts ...
On Church Communion – Part II. (John Byrom Poems)
If once establish'd the essential part,The inward Church, the Temple of the Heart,Or house of God, the substance, and the ...
On Church Communion – Part IV. (John Byrom Poems)
A Christian, in so catholic a sense,Can give to none, but partial minds offence;Forc'd to live under some divided part,He ...
On Church Communion – Part III. (John Byrom Poems)
A Local union, on the other hand,Though crowded numbers should together stand,Joining in one same Form of pray'r and praise,Or ...
On Clergymen Preaching Politics (John Byrom Poems)
Indeed, Sir Peter, I could wish, I own,That parsons would let politics alone;Plead, if they will, the customary plea,For such ...
My Spirit Longs for Thee (John Byrom Poems)
My spirit longs for theeWithin my troubled breastThough I unworthy beOf so divine a guest:Of so divine a guestUnworthy though ...
Epigram VII. (John Byrom Poems)
What is more tender than a mother's loveTo the sweet infant fondling in her arms?What need of arguments her heart ...
Epigram IV. (John Byrom Poems)
He is a Sinner, you are pleas'd to say;Then love him for the sake of Christ, I pray,If on his ...
Epigram III. (John Byrom Poems)
A Heated Fancy, or Imagination,May be mistaken for an Inspiration —True; but is this Conclusion fair to make,That Inspiration must ...
Epigram V. (John Byrom Poems)
Prayer and thanksgiving is the vital breathThat keeps the spirit of a man from death;For pray'r attracts into the living ...
Epigram II. (John Byrom Poems)
Zeal without Meekness, like a ship at sea,To rising storms may soon become a prey;And Meekness without Zeal is still ...
Epigram I (John Byrom Poems)
Nor Steel, nor Flint alone produces fire;No spark arises till they both conspire:Nor Faith alone, nor work without is right;Salvation ...
Epigram VI. (John Byrom Poems)
To own a God, who does not speak to men,Is first to own, and then disown again;Of all idolatry the ...