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MY HOGGIE by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT WILL I DO GIN MY HOGGIE DIE
Last Line: AND MAIST HAS KILL'D MY HOGGIE!
Subject(s): LAMBS;
What will I do gin my Hoggie die?
My joy, my pride, my Hoggie!
My only beast, I had nae mae,
And vow but I was vogie!
The lee-lang night we watch'd the fauld,
Me and my faithfu' doggie;
We heard nocht but the roaring linn,
Amang the braes sae scroggie.

But the houlet cry'd frau the castle wa',
The blitter frae the boggie;
The tod reply'd upon the hill,
I trembled for my Hoggie.
When day did daw, and cocks did craw,
The morning it was foggie;
An unco tyke, lap o'er the dyke,
And maist has kill'd my Hoggie!



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