24. forlorn. Forsaken, solitary.
26. Triton. The son of Neptune, the god of the sea. He is generally represented as blowing upon a trumpet formed from a sea-shell, to quiet the restless waves.
wreathéd. Referring to the convolutions of the shell which was used for a horn.
28. caves of thought. A poetical way of speaking of his innermost self.
31. low-vaulted. Limited, confined, like a chamber with a low ceiling.
33. Let your growth be such from year to year that your spiritual outlook is larger.
35. thine out-grown shell. The body in which the soul dwells.
Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation has been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below.