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421. Epitaph on a Lap-dog

by Robert Burns

18th Century · Short · 8 lines

IN wood and wild, ye warbling throng, Your heavy loss deplore; Now, half extinct your powers of song, Sweet Echo is no more. Ye jarring, screeching things around, Scream your discordant joys; Now, half your din of tuneless sound With Echo silent lies.

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Public domain. Source: PoetryDB. Reproduced verbatim; see theanthology for the full collection.

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