693 <br /> <br />Shells from the Coast mistaking— <br />I cherished them for All— <br />Happening in After Ages <br />To entertain a Pearl— <br /> <br />Wherefore so late—I murmured— <br />My need of Thee—be done— <br />Therefore—the Pearl responded— <br />My Period begin<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/shells-from-the-coast-mistaking/
