OVER a pipe the Angel of Conversation Loosens with glee the tassels of his purse, And, in a fine spiritual exaltation, Hastens, a rosy spendthrift, to disburse The coins new minted of imagination. An amiable, a delicate animation Informs our thought, and earnest we rehearse The sweet old farce of mutual admiration Over a pipe. Heard in this hour's delicious divagation How soft the song! the epigram how terse! With what a genius for administration We rearrange the rumbling universe, And map the course of man's regeneration Over a pipe. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOURCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE EGYPTIAN PRINCESS by EDWIN ARNOLD THE SPELL by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |