Shells from the Coast mistaking --
I cherished them for All --
Happening in After Ages
To entertain a Pearl --

Wherefore so late -- I murmured --
My need of Thee -- be done --
Therefore -- the Pearl responded --
My Period begin

Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 693. Shells from the Coast mistaking --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day: May 26 2007

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