Death & Dying
Epitaph On A Lap-Dog
From Poems and Songs, 1793
Death & Dying
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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Burns, Robert. “Epitaph On A Lap-Dog.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/416/.
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Burns, Robert. “Epitaph On A Lap-Dog.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/416/.
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