ὥς ψύλλων γενεή, as Homer sings?

For this: Some links we forge are never broken;

Some feelings claim exemption from decay;

And Love, of which this pipe was but the token,

Shall last, though pipes and smokers pass away.

THE HUMAN EAR.

A sound came booming through the air—

“What is that sound?” quoth I.

My blue-eyed pet, with golden hair,

Made answer presently,