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.