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Subject: MOLLUSKS
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NAUTILUS AND THE AMMONITE, by G. F. RICHARDSON    Poem Source                
First Line: The nautilus and the ammonite %were launch'd in storm and strife
Last Line: While tempest-toss'd, seek the loved - the lost, %but to find them on earth no more!
Subject(s): Mollusks


PASSION CONCH, by MICHAEL WATERS    Poem Source                 Poet's Biography
First Line: No sun today, the rainy %season barely begun, so
Last Line: Of flame, a gift, %a name. %hua hin thailand
Subject(s): Marine Animals; Mollusks; Seashore; Tourists; Travel


REMONSTRANCE WITH THE SNAILS, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                
First Line: Ye little snails
Last Line: "you'll think of my peas and your thievish tricks, / with tears of slime, when crossing the styx"
Subject(s): Mollusks;snails


THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text     Poem Explanation             Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign
Last Line: Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Subject(s): Mollusks; Nautilus (shell); Religion; Sea; Theology; Ocean


THE HOUSEKEEPER, by CHARLES LAMB    Poem Text                 Poet's Biography
First Line: The frugal snail, with forecast of repose
Last Line: Knock when you will, -- he's sure to be at home.
Alternate Author Name(s): Elia
Subject(s): Mollusks; Snails