Living
On a Broken Pipe
From A Voice from the Nile, and Other Poems (1884)
Living
Neglected now it lies a cold clay form,
So late with living inspirations warm :
Type of all other creatures formed of clay —
What more than it for Epitaph have they ?
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MLA
James Thomson (B.V.). “On a Broken Pipe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/thomson_bv/66/.
Chicago
James Thomson (B.V.). “On a Broken Pipe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/thomson_bv/66/.
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