John Byrom
John Byrom
John Byrom or John Byrom of Kersal or John Byrom of Manchester FRSwas 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...
bear blood bone flesh known near skin starve
Bone and Skin, two millers thin, / Would starve us all, or near it; / But be it known to Skin and Bone / That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.
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It's rare that you get the rights to such a recent, successful play as this.
bless blessing god harm mean quite
God bless the King, I mean the Faith's Defender; / God bless - no harm in blessing - the Pretender; / But who Pretender is, or who is King, / God bless us all - that's quite another thing.