CONCHOLOGY. 33 



LXIV. 



I would not doubt with impious mind, 

 Teredo 1 ^ good in thee to find, 



Though navigators dread 

 Thy piercing power — and with dismay 

 Cast thee as direful foe away, 

 And, ah ! for thee — profusely pray 



For curses on thy head. 



LXV. 



And now accept ye cultur'd few, 

 The simple lay essay'd for you, 



To amuse the leisure hour ; 

 You, who in fair Testacea see 

 Some reflex of the Deity, 

 And trace in insect, flower, and tree, 



Yom- gi'eat Creator's power. 



