Sea Drift from Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

11 chapters37mEnglish1882

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Sea Drift is a set of 11 poems which make up part of Walt Whitman's larger collection Leaves of Grass. The poems were inspired by Whitman's memories of childhood visits to the sea shores of Paumanok, an old native American name for Long Island, and of later sea voyages. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Chapters (11)

1OUT OF THE CRADLE ENDLESSLY ROCKING

777

2AS I EBB'D WITH THE OCEAN OF LIFE

415

3TEARS

4TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD

101

5ABOARD AT A SHIP'S HELM

6ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT

178

7THE WORLD BELOW THE BRINE

8ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE

112

9SONG OF ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS

174

10PATROLING BARNEGAT

113

11AFTER THE SEA-SHIP

106

Sea Drift from Leaves of Grass

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Chapters (11)

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