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THE SHELL by HERBERT TRENCH

First Line: I AM A SHELL OUT OF THE ASIAN SEA
Last Line: ALL THAT I SERVE TO TELL!
Subject(s): SHELLS; CONCHOLOGY;
I AM a shell out of the Asian sea,
But my sad Pearl is gone,
Risen to be Goddess -- Venus green is she
And I cast up alone.

Yet some night shall her brilliance stoop and take
Unto her ear this shell,
And hear the whisper of her own heart-break . . .
All that I serve to tell!



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