...ground, saw at his feet a little sea-beast dead, and sang over it a dirge of surpassing beauty : — " The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living will That made it stir ou the shore. Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a rainbow frill Î Did he push, when...

...? A learned man Could give it a clumsy name. Let him name it who can, The beauty would be the same. The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living...golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world ? Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail,...

...exquisitely minute, A miracle of design ! 2. Let him name it who can, The beauty would be the same. The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living...golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world ? 4. Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail,...

...exquisitely minute, A miracle of design ! 2. Let him name it who can, The beauty would be the same. The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living...golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world ? 4. Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail,...

...exquisitely minute, A miracle of design ! 2. Let him name it who can, The beauty would be the same. 8. The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living...uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water- world ? 4. Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work...

...exquisitely minute, A miracle of design ! 2. Let him name it who can, The beauty would be the same. 3. The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living...it stir on the shore. Did he stand at the diamond dnor Of his house in a rainbow frill ? Did he push, when he was uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy...

...How exquisitely minute, A miracle of design ! Let him name it who can. The beauty would be the same. The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living...uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water- world ? 4. Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work...

...the little living will," set imagination to picture the tiny inhabitant of each varied shell : — " Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a...when he was uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Through his Him water- world ?" But although these exquisite forms charmed the eye, I must confess...

...collection. I thought of Tennyson's exquisite inquiry as to the inmate of a shell found on the sand, " void of the little living Will, that made it stir...house in a rainbow frill ? Did he push, when he was uncurl' d, A golden foot or a fairy horn Through hia dim water-world ?" But every pleasant hour must...

...forms, and to inquiry into the habits of the '' living will " that once tenanted each lovely cell : — Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a...golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world f • To the geologist the shells of the testaceous mollusks offer a department in paleontology of...