Alfred, Lord Tennyson Quote

See what a lovely shell, Small and pure as pearl, Lying close to my foot, Frail, but a work divine, Made so fairly well, With delicate spire and whorl, How exquisitely minute, A miracle of design!


Alfred Tennyson's Poetical Works, Maud, Part II, Section II, Stanza I, Oxford University Press, Inc. 1953


See what a lovely shell, Small and pure as pearl, Lying close to my foot, Frail, but a work divine, Made so fairly well, With delicate spire and...

See what a lovely shell, Small and pure as pearl, Lying close to my foot, Frail, but a work divine, Made so fairly well, With delicate spire and...

See what a lovely shell, Small and pure as pearl, Lying close to my foot, Frail, but a work divine, Made so fairly well, With delicate spire and...

See what a lovely shell, Small and pure as pearl, Lying close to my foot, Frail, but a work divine, Made so fairly well, With delicate spire and...