421. Epitaph on a Lap-dog. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics

Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

421. Epitaph on a Lap-dog

Named Echo


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,	5
Scream your discordant joys;
Now, half your din of tuneless sound
With Echo silent lies.