Its author distinguishes between the Pearly and Paper kinds of its subject, citing Roget's Bridgewater Treatise as a reference.
The most famous line in this poem alludes to John 14:2, while another line alludes to Wordsworth's "The World is Too Much With Us." Its author distinguishes between the Pearly and Paper kinds of its subject, citing Roget's Bridgewater Treatise as a reference. From the death of the subject, "a clearer note is born than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn," suggesting the soul's transcendence after death.  That death knell declares, "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul." For 10 points, name this poem first published in The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, in which a mollusk is described by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The most famous line in this poem alludes to John 14:2, while another line alludes to Wordsworth's "The World is Too Much With Us."
The Chambered Nautilus