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421. Epitaph on a Lap-dog

By Robert BurnsSource: Robert Burns - PoetryDB (Public Domain)44 words

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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