Epigram III.

John Byrom 1692 (Manchester) – 1763 (Manchester)



A Heated Fancy, or Imagination,
May be mistaken for an Inspiration -
True; but is this Conclusion fair to make,
That Inspiration must be all mistake?
A pebble Stone is not a Diamond - true;
But must a Di'mond be a Pebble too?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AABBCC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 229
Words 45
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6

John Byrom

John Byrom or John Byrom of Kersal or John Byrom of Manchester was an English poet the inventor of a revolutionary system of shorthand and later a significant landowner He is most remembered as the writer of the lyrics of Anglican hymn Christians Awake salute the happy morn which was supposedly a Christmas gift for his daughter more…

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