Plenty of poets wrote them, but the most famous of all is John Milton's  Lycidas . Like all typical pastoral elegies, Milton mourns the loss of his best bud (who died in a shipwreck). But he also compares him to a shepherd and describes the ways in which nature mourns his loss, too.
The Banff longnose dace, a small minnow, was recently declared extinct. It failed to compete with the guppies, swordtails, sailfin mollies and other tropical fish that had been released in the warm marsh below the famous hot springs by tourists and national park officials.
LIFE SPAN OF BLUETICK COONHOUND. LIFE SPAN: 11-12 YEARS. Breed Name: Bluetick Coonhound. Group: Scenthound. Origin: United States of America. HISTORY. It is most likely that the Bluetick is principally descended from the quick foxhounds of England with some introduction of the blood of various French hounds.