Seaweeds

Within the garden of the sea Are gems of beauty rare-- The Star-wort and Anemone And Ocean pinks are there.

Oh, these are dainty things indeed The Mermaids keep in store; But fairer still, to me, the weed That decks the ocean's floor.

Whatever flower of earth we win, Howe'er so fair it be, 'T will not surpass those weeds within The garden of the sea.