Poems and Songs of R Epitaph On A Lap-Dog

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,

scream your discordant joys;

now, half your din of tuneless sound

with echo silent lies.