Full Lyrics
The composer set the last stanza of the poem "The Chambered Nautilus"
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy lowvaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea!
