StoryTitle("caps", "Barnacles") ?> (by Sidney Lanier, 1842-81), is a poem that I teach in connection with my lessons on natural history. We have a good specimen of a barnacle, and the children see them on the shells on the coast. The ethical point is invaluable.
PoemStart() ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "My soul is sailing through the sea,", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "But the Past is heavy and hindereth me.", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "The Past hath crusted cumbrous shells", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "That hold the flesh of cold sea-mells", "") ?> PoemLine("L4", "", "About my soul.", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "The huge waves wash, the high waves roll,", "") ?> PoemLine("L0", "", "Each barnacle clingeth and worketh dole", "") ?> PoemLine("L4", "", "And hindereth me from sailing!", "") ?>