Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHELL, by HERBERT TRENCH Poet's Biography 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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TANKA DIARY (2) by HARRYETTE MULLEN APPRECIATION by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO SOME LADIES [ON RECEIVING A CURIOUS SHELL] by JOHN KEATS ON SOME SHELLS FOUND INLAND by TRUMBULL STICKNEY WITH A NANTUCKET SHELL by CHARLES HENRY WEBB AN ENGLISH SHELL by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON |
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