A Voice from the Nile, and Other Poems/On a Broken Pipe

On a Broken Pipe
by James Thomson
557903On a Broken Pipe — Extracted from A Voice from the Nile, and Other Poems, edited by Bertram DobellJames Thomson (B.V.)

ON A BROKEN PIPE.

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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?