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ON THE DEATH OF A LAP-DOG, ECHO by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: IN WOOD AND WILD, YE WARBLING THRONG
Last Line: WITH ECHO SILENT LIES.
Subject(s): ANIMALS; DEATH - ANIMALS; DOGS;
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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