Poems by Sir John Carr
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Where her reposing fav'rite child is laid.
There widow'd fondness oft, when summers bloom. Shall with thy infant pledge of love repair; Oft shall they kneel beside thy mossy tomb, And tears shall dew the flow'rs that blossom there. LINES _Written upon a Watch-String_, MADE AND PRESENTED TO THE AUTHOR BY MISS ----. Say, lovely Charlotte! will you let me prove What diff'rent thoughts thy taste and beauty move? This woven chain, which graceful skill displays, Leads me to think of time, and heave a sigh; But when on thee and on thy charms I gaze, Time unremember'd moves, or seems to die. LINES _Upon a Diamond Cross_, |
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