Shells from the Coast mistaking — The Scarlet Letter

Shells from the Coast mistaking-1
I cherished them for All-
Happening in After Ages
To entertain a Pearl-

Wherefore so late-I murmured-5
My need of Thee-be done-
Therefore-the Pearl responded-
My Period begin
(F.716/J.693)
[1] Shells:: consevative people like shells.
[2] I:: Hester Prynne, the protagonist of the Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
[3] Happening:: the adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale.
[4] Pearl:: daughter of Hester Prynne.
[6] Thee:: Arthur, a minister.
[8] Period:: "Pearl was not only alive, but married, and happy, and mindful of her mother; and that she would most joyfully have entertained that sad and lonely mother at her fireside." ─ The Scarlet Letter (1850)