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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A BROKEN PIPE, by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882) Poet's Biography
First Line: Neglected now it lies, a cold clay form
Last Line: What more than it for epitaph have they?
Alternate Author Name(s): B. V.; Bysshe Vanolis
Subject(s): Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes
First Line: Neglected now it lies, a cold clay form
Last Line: What more than it for epitaph have they?
Alternate Author Name(s): B. V.; Bysshe Vanolis
Subject(s): Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes
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?
Other Poems of Interest...
ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON
CHANEL NO. 5 by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR
OLD MEN ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN, MURRAY, KENTUCKY by JAMES GALVIN
DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 2. LOS CIGARILLOS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON