LINESOCCASIONED 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, stoodBeside his dying friend,The hapless wretch who made the bloodSad 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 nearKnew not for which to shed,So claim’d by both, her saddest tear—The living or the dead!
Who was killed by a Pistol-Shot,
With horror dumb, tho’ guiltless, stoodBeside his dying friend,The hapless wretch who made the bloodSad 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 nearKnew not for which to shed,So claim’d by both, her saddest tear—The living or the dead!