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The '''nautilus''' or ''chambered nautilus'' is a sea animal. It is a cephalopod, like the squid, octopus, and cuttlefish. It grows a large, beautiful spiral shell. The shell is lined with glistening [[mother-of-pearl]]. As it grows, it builds partitions which divide the shell into chambers; it lives in the outermost partition.  These shells were common decorations in Victorian England and the United States.  

The '''nautilus''' or ''chambered nautilus'' is a sea animal. It is a cephalopod, like the squid, octopus, and cuttlefish. It grows a large, beautiful spiral shell. The shell is lined with glistening [[mother-of-pearl]]. As it grows, it builds partitions which divide the shell into chambers; it lives in the outermost partition.  These shells were common decorations in Victorian England and the United States.  

[[Oliver Wendell Holmes]] wrote a famous poem entitled ''The Chambered Nautilus." He admires the "ship of pearl" and the "silent toil/That spread his lustrous coil/Still, as the spiral grew/He left the past year's dwelling for the new." He concludes:

[[Oliver Wendell Holmes]] wrote a famous poem entitled :The Chambered Nautilus." In this poem, he admires the "ship of pearl" and the "silent toil/That spread his lustrous coil/Still, as the spiral grew/He left the past year's dwelling for the new." He concludes with the hope that his soul is as beautiful as the shell of the chambered nautilus:

:Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul.

:Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul.