Minnie and Winnie <br /> Slept in a shell. <br />Sleep, little ladies! <br /> And they slept well. <br /> <br />Pink was the shell within, <br /> Silver without; <br />Sounds of the great sea <br /> Wander'd about. <br /> <br />Sleep, little ladies! <br /> Wake not soon! <br />Echo on echo <br /> Dies to the moon. <br /> <br />Two bright stars <br /> Peep'd into the shell. <br />"What are you dreaming of? <br /> Who can tell?" <br /> <br />Started a green linnet <br /> Out of the croft; <br />Wake, little ladies, <br /> The sun is aloft!<br /><br />Alfred Lord Tennyson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/minnie-and-winnie/
