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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SCALLOP SHELL, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography
First Line: A scallop shell, loosed by the lifting tide
Last Line: So frail a craft as this poor scallop shell.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Shells; Conchology
First Line: A scallop shell, loosed by the lifting tide
Last Line: So frail a craft as this poor scallop shell.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Shells; Conchology
A SCALLOP shell, loosed by the lifting tide,
Had left a friendly shore, the seas to brave;
Its lips of pink and snowy hollow shone
Pure in the sun, a pearl upon the wave.
It gleamed and passed—you burdened it with love,
With sweet long futures, new and dreamy days:
And named for me—because I held your hopes.
I bid you hush—not meriting your praise.
I pointed, as your vessel came to shore,
Wrecked where the tiny breakers rose and fell;
And bid your voyagers not put to sea
So frail a craft as this poor scallop shell.
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