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SEA SHELLS by ESTHER FRIEDLANDER

First Line: ALL DAY THE WIND-TOSSED SEA HAS CAST
Last Line: SUCH FRAGILE BEAUTY CAN OUTLAST!
Subject(s): SHELLS; CONCHOLOGY;

All day the wind-tossed sea has cast
Upon the sand these lovely forms
Of shell, now tenantless. What storms
Such fragile beauty can outlast!



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