Sea Drift from Leaves of Grass


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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) (0 hr 37 min)

Chapters

OUT OF THE CRADLE ENDLESSLY ROCKING 12:57 Read by Larry Wilson
AS I EBB'D WITH THE OCEAN OF LIFE 6:55 Read by Algy Pug
TEARS 1:38 Read by Bruce Kachuk
TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD 1:41 Read by Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi
ABOARD AT A SHIP'S HELM 1:23 Read by J S Whitman
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT 2:58 Read by Samuel Pryce
THE WORLD BELOW THE BRINE 1:35 Read by Stunning
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE 1:52 Read by Alan Mapstone
SONG OF ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS 2:54 Read by Alan Mapstone
PATROLING BARNEGAT 1:53 Read by MoonLylith
AFTER THE SEA-SHIP 1:46 Read by Alan Mapstone