Title
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1859
Lyrics
One summer eve with pensive thought
I wandered on the sea-beat shore,
Where oft in heedless infant sport,
I gathered shells in days before,
I gathered shells in days before;
The plashing waves like music fell
Responsive to my fancy wild,
A dream o'er me like a spell,
I thought I was again a child,
A dream came o'er me like a spell,
I thought I was again a child.
I stooped upon the pebbly strand
to cull the toys that round me lay;
But as I took them in my hand,
I threw them one by one away,
I threw them one by one away;
O thus I said, in every stage
By toys our fancy is beguiled;
We gather shells from youth to age'
And then we leave them like a child,
We gather shells from youth to age,
And then we leave them, leave them like a child.
Recommended Citation
Cherry, John William, "Shells of Ocean" (1859). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 5.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/shower/5
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Shells of Ocean
for two voices
Cherry
One of sixty-eight pieces bound in “The Shower of Pearls : A collection of the most beautiful duets, for two sopranos, soprano and alto, soprano and tenor, soprano and bass, and tenor and bass, arranged with an accompaniment for the piano-forte.”
Boston. Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington Street
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