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John Carr (Sir)

1772 - 1832


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: Go, faithless bloom! on Delia's cheek Your boasted captivations try; Alas! o'er Nature would you seek To gain one moment's victory? Her softer tint, sweet look, and gentle air, Shall prove you're but a vain intruder there. But go, display y When men exert their utmost pow'rs, 18760
2: A Roundelay. Wide thro' the azure blue and bright 18531
3: A Song. These shades were made for Love alone, 12650
4: A Song. When stormy show'rs from Heav'n descend, 8613
5: A Song. The Lover The Lute Of His Deceased Mistress. Alas! but like a summer's dream 8681
6: A Song. To The Moon. Thou, lamp! the gods benignly gave, 16582
7: An Indian Massacre-Song. See, the waves clasp the Sun, as he sinks from our sight, 201637
8: An Irish Song Poor Molly O'Flannagan (Lord rest her soul!) 10841
9: Bankruptcy Rendered Easy. The Cit, relying on his trade, 36529
10: Echo. Echo! thou sweet enchantress of the grove! 4750
11: Epigram On The Author And Eliza Frequently Differing In Opinion. To such extremes were I and Bet 4479
12: Epigram On The Grave Of Robespierre. Nay, passenger, don't mourn his lot; 4559
13: Epigram, On Winning A Young Lady's Money At Cards. How fairly Fortune all her gifts imparts; 2525
14: Epigram, Upon Seeing The Dilapidated State Of Bethlem Hospital. Well with the purpose does the place agree; 2644
15: Epitaph On A Friend. By painful sickness long severely prest, 8483
16: Epitaph To The Memory Of A Worthy Man, The Rev. Mr. Sleep, Curate Of Kingswear Church, Devon, Whose Devotional Elocution Was Remarkably Impregnated With Soporific Qualities. Reader! since Parson Sleep is gone, 6535
17: Farewell Lines To Bristol Hot Wells. Bristol! in vain thy rocks attempt the sky, 32516
18: Impromptu Lines Upon A Very Handsome Woman Keeping The Hotel De Lion Blanc, At Dantzig. The sign of the house should be chang'd, I'll be sworn, 4709
19: Impromptu Lines, Upon Anacreon Moore's Saying That He Disliked Singing To Men. By Beauty's caresses, like Cupid, half-spoil'd, 10492
20: 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. Whilst, in a dress that one might swear 10567
21: Impromptu, In Reply To A Lady, Who Asked The Author What Childhood Resembled. How like is childhood to the lucid tide 4789
22: In Devonshire. Tell me, thou grotto! o'er whose brow are seen 38559
23: Jeu D'Esprit Upon A Very Pretty Woman Asking The Author His Opinion Of Beauty. Madam! you ask what marks for beauty pass: 2697
24: Lines Addressed To A Young Lady In Germany, Who, Until Her Sister, Honoured The Author By Walking With Him In The Evening. Adieu! dear girl! if we are doom'd to part, 14695
25: 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 12520
26: Lines On A Little Bird Singing At The Window Of The Author, Soon After The Death Of A Beloved Sister. Go, little flutt'rer! seek thy feather'd loves, 12577
27: Lines On Lady W ---- Appearing At The Exhibition. When lovely Delphine sought the crowded scene, 8460
28: Lines On The Caledonian Harp Being Succeeded By The Highland Bagpipes. In days that long have glided by, 34543
29: Lines Sent With Some Indian Rouge To Miss W ---- . Go, faithless bloom! on Delia's cheek 12651
30: Lines To A Laurel-Leaf, Sent To The Author By Miss ---- . Tho' unknown is the hand that bestow'd thee on me, 4497
31: Lines To A Promising Young Artist. These bays be thine; and, tho' not form'd to shine 127663
32: Lines To A Robin. Why, trembling, silent, wand'rer! why, 32536
33: Lines To A Young Lady, Occasioned By Her Declining An Offer Of Marriage Made Her By A Very Accomplished Friend Of The Author. Oh! form'd to prompt the smile or tear, 14634
34: Lines To An Accomplished Young Lady, Tis said (and I believe it too) 12526
35: Lines To An Auricula, Belonging To ---- . Thou rear'st thy beauteous head, sweet flow'r 36487
36: Lines To Annette. Canst thou, Annette, thy lover see? 18627
37: Lines To Delia, On Her Wearing A Muslin Veil. Say, Delia, why, in muslin shade, 16521
38: Lines To Fortune Oh, Fortune! I have seen thee shed 20549
39: Lines To Health, Upon The Recovery Of A Friend From A Dangerous Illness. Sweet guardian of the rosy cheek! 44663
40: Lines To Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, Upon The Prints From Her Beautiful Drawings Of The Birth And Triumph Of Cupid. Once, for a palace, Painting left her grove, 12541
41: Lines To Julia. Tho', Julia, we are doom'd to part, 14589
42: Lines To Lady Warren, On The Departure Of Sir John Borlase Warren, K.B. To Take The Command Of A Squadron. Oh! why does sorrow shade thy face, 20675
43: Lines To Miss ---- , Is it that plaided thus you wish to prove 20546
44: Lines To Miss ---- , Accompanied By A Rose And A Lily. I look'd the fragrant garden round 6481
45: Lines To Miss C. On Her Leaving The Country. Since Friendship soon must bid a fond adieu, 18534
46: Lines To Miss Chinnery, Of Gillwell-House, Upon Her Appearing In A Dress With May-Flowers And Leaves Tastefully Displayed. Tell me what taught thee to display 16667
47: Lines To Miss E. Atkinson, On Her Presenting The Author With An Irish Pebble. Oft does the lucid pebble shine, 12518
48: Lines To Miss L ---- D ---- . When Heav'n, sweet Laura! form'd thy mind, 12495
49: Lines To Mrs. A. Clarke. Within his cold and cheerless cell, 36685
50: Lines To Mrs. B ---- , At Bristol Hot Wells Tho' nought, amid these darkened groves, 8501
51: Lines To My Mother, On Her Attaining Her 70Th Year. Oh! with what genuine pleasure do I trace 16504
52: Lines To Selina Twas when the leaves were yellow turn'd, 24490
53: Lines To Sir Robert Ker Porter, Knight Of The Imperial Order Of St. Joachim To save the credit of the dame, 20687
54: Lines To Study. O Study! while thy lovers raise 32684
55: Lines To The Memory Of An Amiable Youth, Of Great Promise, Whose Afflicted Parents Received The Intelligence Of His Having Been Drowned, At The Very Time When His Arrival Was Expected From Abroad. Dire were the horrors of that ruthless storm, 56528
56: Lines To The Memory Of Erasmus, By Oudaan, Inscribed On The Pedestal Of The Statue Raised In Honour Of The Former, In Rotterdam. Erasmus, here, the eloquent and wise, 16677
57: Lines To The Memory Of Mrs. A.H. Holdsworth, Late Of Mount Galpin, Devonshire. Tyrant of all our loves and friendships here, 24504
58: Lines To The Memory Of Mrs. B ---- Ah, stranger! if thy pilgrim footsteps love, 12489
59: Lines To The Memory Of My Dear Brother, W.T.P. Carr, Esq. Tho' no funereal grandeur swell my song, 115578
60: Lines To The Tune Of "Oh! Lady Fair! Where Art Thou Going?" Sing, bird of grief! still eve descending, 8664
61: Lines Upon A Diamond Cross, Worn On Her Bosom By Miss C.M. Well on that neck, sweet Kitty! may you wear 8551
62: Lines Upon A Lady Dying Soon After She Had Been Wrecked On The Cornish Coast, Leaving A Little Infant Behind Her. Sweet stranger! tho' the merc'less storm 16667
63: Lines Upon Hearing Miss ---- Sing At An Evening Party. The Nightingale's Complaint. The Moon had bespangled the murmuring wave, 18629
64: Lines Upon Mademoiselle Delphine Saulot Singing Some Equisite Airs In The Gardens Of Mousseau, Near Paris. In Mousseau's sweet Arcadian dale 12533
65: Lines Upon Reading The Journal Of A Friend'S Tour Into Scotland, In Which The Picturesque Scenery And The Character Of The People Are Fairly And Liberally Stated. Much injur'd, Scotia! was thy genuine worth, 18532
66: Lines Upon Seeing ---- At One Of The Annual Banquets Given In Guildhall. Gorgeous and splendid was the sight; 16517
67: Lines Upon Seeing A Beautiful Infant Sleeping On The Bosom Of Its Mother. Upon its native pillow dear, 16701
68: Lines Upon The Death Of The Lady Of Lieutenant-Colonel Adams, Who Lately Died Of A Decline In The East Indies. When Time a mellowing tint has thrown 48531
69: Lines Upon The Rev. Mr. C ---- 's Impromptu Compositions Of Some Of Bowles's Sonnets. No sweeter verse did e'er inspire 8626
70: Lines Written At Brighton. From Mirth's bright circle, from the giddy throng, 64517
71: Lines Written At Fredensborg, The Deserted Palace Of The Late Queen Dowager Juliana Maria [A]. Bless'd are the steps of Virtue's queen! 24619
72: Lines Written At Kilkenny, On The Theatricals Of That City. Amid the ruins of monastic gloom, 32694
73: Lines Written At The Sea-Side In Devonshire, In The Month Of November, When The Ships From Newfoundland Return. Still Summer lingers on these peaceful shores, 28490
74: Lines Written En Badinage, After Visiting A Paper-Mill Near Tunbridge-Wells, In Consequence Of The Lovely Miss W ---- , Who Excels In Drawing, Requesting The Author To Describe The Process Of Making Paper, In Verse. Reader! I do not wish to brag; 28654
75: Lines Written In A Cottage By The Sea-Side Twas on a night of wildest storms, 32554
76: Lines Written In A Fine Winter'S Day, At The Shooting-Box Of My Friend, W. Cope, Esq. Near Orpington, Kent. Tho' leafless are the woods, tho' flow'rs no more, 26550
77: Lines Written In A Hermitage, At Dronningaard, Near Copenhagen. Delicious gloom! asylum of repose! 20534
78: Lines Written On Delia, Listening To Her Canary-Bird. When thoughtless Delia unconcern'd surveys 8485
79: Lines Written Upon A Hill, On Leaving The Country. Ah! sweet romantic spot, adieu! 12501
80: Lines Written Upon A Watch-String, Made And Presented To The Author By Miss ---- . Say, lovely Charlotte! will you let me prove 6501
81: Lines Written Upon Seeing A Blind Young Woman In North Wales, The morning purple on the hill, 20528
82: Lines, Supposed To Be Written By A Female Friend, Upon An Infant Recommended To Her Care By Its Dying Mother. Bless'd be thy slumbers, little love! 16489
83: Lines[A] Written In A Beautiful Spot, The Favourite Retreat Of Delia. Streams ever limpid, fresh, and clear, 18536
84: Love And The Spring-Flower. Tis pity, ev'ry maiden knows, 8679
85: Occasional Lines Repeated At An Elegant Entertainment By your permission, Ladies! I address ye, 84673
86: Parody On "The Golden Days Of Good Queen Bess To my Muse give attention, and deem it not a mystery 26597
87: Rebecca, A Ballad. Rebecca was the fairest maid 42549
88: Song - Upon The Admiration Of The Valour And Amiable Qualities Of Lord Nelson, Expressed By Junot, Now Duke Of Abrantes, Who, By The Chances Of War, Was For A Short Time The British Hero's Prisoner. A wreath from an immortal bough 6713
89: Song. Nature's imperfect child, to whom 12619
90: Song. Ah! if my voice is heard in vain, 8680
91: Song. Wilt thou, because thy Florio loves, 12627
92: Song. - To The Tune Of "Ye Gentlemen Of England." Written During A Period When It Was Confidently Believed That The French Would Invade Our Country. No gentleman of England now sits at home at ease, 12674
93: Song. The Words Adapted To "The Cossaka," One Of The Most Ancient Of The Russ Airs. Has Time a changeling made of thee? 16509
94: Song. Written During A Period When It Was Confidently Believed That The French Would Invade Our Country. When storms on the ocean Create high emotion, 20663
95: Sonnet Upon A Swedish Cottage, Written On The Road, Within A Few Miles Of Stockholm. Here, far from all the pomp Ambition seeks, 14521
96: Sonnet, Occasioned By Reading An Inscription On The Tombstone Of Captain Christensen, Of Krajore, In Norway, Who Died In Consequence Of The Bite Of His Dog, When It Was Mad. Ah! hapless stranger! who, without a tear, 14646
97: Sonnet. The leaves are flutter'd by no tell-tale gales, 14612
98: State Tricks Or A Peep Into The Cabinet Of The Premier Consul, At St. Cloud, On The Night Of The 26Th Oct. 1803. My dear Talleyrand! I am sorry to send 79687
99: The Following Lines In French, Are inscribed upon the Pedestal of a Statue of Cupid, In A Garden At Utrecht. To Beauty give your heart, your sighs, 16706
100: The Fury Of Discord In a chariot of fire, thro Hell's flaming arch, 104618
101: The Hectic. Upon the breezy cliff's impending brow, 14593
102: The Mushroom. Awake, my Muse! awake each slumb'ring string, 53630
103: The Rhingau Song. With wine-leaves crown the jovial cup, 36716
104: The Song Of Grief By the walk of the willows I pour'd out my theme, 20629
105: The Water-Nymph Of The Rock. The nymph, to whom this stream you owe, 8514
106: Time And The Lover. Oh, Time! thy merits who can know? 12445
107: To Miss Atkinson, On The Extreme Diffidence Which She Displays To Strangers. Just as a fawn, in forest shade, 8488
108: Valentine Verses, Sent To My Young Friend, Miss Emma Trevelyan, Of Wallington-House, Northumberland. Emma! 'tis early time for thee 20561
109: Verses On An Autumnal Leaf. Think not, thou pride of Summer's softest strain! 20525
110: Verses To Miss M. G ---- , Accompanied With A Dried Heliotrope, Which She Had Presented To The Author A Year Before. Time, since thou gav'st this flow'r to me, 12514
111: Verses To The Tomb Of A Friend. Dearer to me, thou pile of dust! 28512
112: Yarrimore. My poor heart flutters like the sea 16573




About:
Middle Temple, and traveler throughout Europe, knighted by Duke of Bedford [in Dublin], c.1806; The Stranger in Ireland (1806); published other travels works, 1803-1811, also verses.


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