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Title: The melancholy shepherd
Author: Byrom, John
Date(s): 1714 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Pastoral in which a shepherd laments the contrast between his previous
happiness and present sorrow since his beloved has left him. 4 lines
accidentally repeated, 2 at end probably omitted.
Title: A song
Author: Byrom, John
Date(s): 1714 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 93
Contents: Pastoral in which a shepherd laments the contrast between his previous happiness and present sorrow since his beloved has left him; some variation from the published text
Title: Tunbridge
Author: Byrom, John
Date(s): 1726 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 7
Contents: Conversational description of the delights of Tunbridge Wells, following the
course of a day, in the form of a letter to a friend
Title: Verses spoken at the breaking up of the Free Grammar School in Manchester, on Thursday Dec the 14th 1758. The Three Black Crows. A Tale
Author: Byrom, John
Attribution: Dr Byrom
Date(s): 1758 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Humorous poem, centered around the words 'three black crows', concerned with misunderstanding and exaggeration.
Title: Contentment or the happy Workman's Song
Author: Byrom, John
Attribution: Dr Byrom (title)
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Song of a contented workman needing nothing more than his health and his work, and believing his worldly position bequeathed to him by God.
Title: Dr Byroms Charge to the Clergy
Author: Byrom, John
Attribution: Dr Byrom
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Plea to the clergy to consider the manner in which a sermon is preached as well as its content.
Title: Dr Byrom, on buying the picture of F. Malebranche, to Henry Wright of Mobberley Esqr
Author: Byrom, John
Attribution: Dr Byrom
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Light-hearted conversational piece, in the form of a letter, celebrating the purchase at auction of a portrait of Father Nicolas Malebranche