[Gutenberg 47272] • The Potter and the Clay: A Romance of Today

[Gutenberg 47272] • The Potter and the Clay: A Romance of Today

"For in the Market-place, one Dusk of Day,

I watch'd the Potter thumping his wet clay:

And with its all-obliterated Tongue

It murmur'd—'Gently, Brother, gently, pray!'"

From the Rubáiyát.