English poem
Lines Occasioned By The Death Of Lieutenant J ---- , Who Was Killed By A Pistol-Shot, Accidentally Discharged By His Friend, Captain B ---- .
by John Carr (1793–1845)
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!
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