Sea Drift from Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman

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
AS I EBB'D WITH THE OCEAN OF LIFE	6:55
TEARS	1:38
TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD	1:41
ABOARD AT A SHIP'S HELM	1:23
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT	2:58
THE WORLD BELOW THE BRINE	1:35
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE	1:52
SONG OF ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS	2:54
PATROLING BARNEGAT	1:53
AFTER THE SEA-SHIP	1:46