To A Sea Shell Poem by Hubert Church

To A Sea Shell

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Friend of my chamber--O thou spiral shell
That murmurest of the ever-murmuring sea!
Repeating with eternal constancy
Whatever memories the wave can tell;
Whatever harmonies may rise and swell,
Whatever sadness in the deep may be--
They are the ocean's, and desired of thee;
Thou treasurest what thou dost love so well.
So all my heart is one voluted fold,
Shielding one face, and evermore it seems
Upon the threshold of the prying day,
Hid in the tangle of reluctant dreams;
And in the noontide, and the evening grey,
Its light illumines secrecies untold

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Stephen W 14 July 2014

Interesting and very strange, he hints at his concerns. Not sure what the last 6 lines have to do with seashells.

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Paul Reed 14 July 2014

Held in the tangle of reluctant dreams.... What a great line.

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Joseph Poewhit 14 July 2013

You can hear sea shells - put one to the ear.

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Hubert Church

Hubert Church

Hobart, Tasmania
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