Social Commentaries
A Consolatory Stanza to Lady Mount E---, on the Death of Her Pig Cupid
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
O dry that tear, so round and big,
Nor waste in sighs your precious wind!
Death only takes a single pig--
Your lord and son are still behind.
Cite this poem
MLA
John Wolcot (Peter Pindar). “A Consolatory Stanza to Lady Mount E---, on the Death of Her Pig Cupid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wolcot/30/.
Chicago
John Wolcot (Peter Pindar). “A Consolatory Stanza to Lady Mount E---, on the Death of Her Pig Cupid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wolcot/30/.
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