English poem
IMPROMPTU LINES
by John Carr (1793–1845)
The sign of the house should be chang’d, I’ll be sworn, Where enchanted we find so much beauty and grace; Then quick from the door let the lion be torn, And an angel expand her white wings in his place.
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- Farewell Lines To Bristol Hot Wells.
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- Impromptu To Madame C ---- Written At Paris, Upon Her Appearing Equally Modestly And Elegantly Dressed, Amidst The Semi-Nakedness Of The Rest Of The Female Fashionables.
- Impromptu, In Reply To A Lady, Who Asked The Author What Childhood Resembled.
- In Devonshire.