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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LIFTED SHELL, by MARY CHILTON CHASE CORNELIUS First Line: Beauty is not a pebble on the shore Last Line: To them the lifted shell gives back no sound. Subject(s): Beauty | |||
Beauty is not a pebble on the shore -- A worthless stone upon the rippled sand, To be picked up by any casual hand: It is a shell from some deep ocean floor; A rare-found seashell magical and strange. Within its heart the far melodic roar Of ocean diapason evermore Resounds to ears attuned to its full range. They hark in vain who never -- haven-bound -- Have dared the sea when night-dark waves crashed high, And glimpsed the pole star fixed in threatening sky. To them the lifted shell gives back no sound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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