In Matthew Jesus at one point compares the kingdom of heaven to a pearl of great price. Hilda Doolittle takes up the image in “There is a spell in every sea-shell.”
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The Spell in Every Seashell
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I Have Seen the Sun Break Through
R.S Thomas has a fine poem drawing on Jesus’s images of spiritual exploration as a pearl of great price and a field with buried treasure.
The Pearl of Great Price Within
Jesus used the image of a “pearl of great price” to convey his sense of heaven. Hilda Doolittle uses it to convey her own sense of transcendence in a fine poem about shells.