Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NEREID, by BLANCHE SCHOFIELD



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NEREID, by                    
First Line: She dances on a scallop stage
Last Line: By tossing sea weed at her feet.
Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Sea; Sea Gulls; Ocean


She dances on a scallop stage
Of mauve and silver shells,
The sea her merry melody
Of violins and bells,
While spray along the sands below
Reflects a pebbled footlight glow.

The white gulls pause and hush their chant,
A round-eyed audience.
She pirouettes and bows, and then
Applauding wavelets have the sense
Such twinkling artistry to greet
By tossing sea weed at her feet.





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