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In cobwebb'd corners dusty and dim I hear A thin voice pipingly revived of late, Which saith our India is a cumbrous weight, An idle decoration, bought too dear.

From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William

His shrill voice rose pipingly in the wintry air as he demanded to know what was the trouble out there.

From The Portygee by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby