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Buy Pearly Chambered Nautilus ShellsRead about the pearly chambered nautilus in Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem, "The Chambered Nautilus."
The Chambered NautilusOliver Wendell Holmes 1809-1894 THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main,— The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.  Nautilus Shell Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed,— Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed! That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn! From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathèd horn! While on mine ear it rings, Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings:— As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
 Pearly Nautilus You might enjoy owning this very rare natural nautilus shell with blister pearl. Blister pearls are attached to the shell and although nautilus pearls have been found loose, this is rare because of its attachment to the shell. A great collector's item!
 Nautilus Blister Pearl for Sale
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