Lines Occasioned By The Death Of Lieutenant J----

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Title:     Lines Occasioned By The Death Of Lieutenant J----
Author: Sir John Carr [More Titles by Carr]

Lines OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF LIEUTENANT J----,

Who was killed by a Pistol-Shot,

ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED BY HIS FRIEND,

CAPTAIN B----.

With horror dumb, tho' guiltless, stood
Beside his dying friend,
The hapless wretch who made the blood
Sad from his side descend!

"Give me thy hand; lov'd friend, adieu!"
The gen'rous suff'rer cried!
"I do forgive and bless thee too;"
And, having said it, died!

And Pity, who stood trembling near
Knew not for which to shed,
So claim'd by both, her saddest tear--
The living or the dead!

[The end]
Sir John Carr's poem: Lines Occasioned By The Death Of Lieutenant J----

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