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The salt-spray and solitude of a life at sea echo through these rhythmic meditations on memory and mortality. An aging sailor looks back at the comrades he lost and the vast, indifferent oceans that shaped his soul. These verses bridge the gap between the vigor of youth and the quiet contemplation of a life’s sunset.
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GenrePoetry
Length2 hrs 19 mins
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Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS
43BALL’S BLUFF
2BRIDEGROOM DICK
44THE STONE FLEET
3TOM DEADLIGHT
45THE TEMERAIRE
4JACK ROY
46A UTILITARIAN VIEW OF THE MONITOR’S FIGHT
5SEA PIECES
47MALVERN HILL
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6THE HAGLETS
48STONEWALL JACKSON
7THE AEOLIAN HARP
49THE HOUSE-TOP
8TO THE MASTER OF THE METEOR
50CHATTANOOGA
9FAR OFF-SHORE
51ON THE PHOTOGRAPH OF A CORPS COMMANDER
10THE MAN-OF-WAR HAWK
52THE SWAMP ANGEL
11THE FIGURE-HEAD
53SHERIDAN AT CEDAR CREEK
12THE GOOD CRAFT SNOW BIRD
54IN THE PRISON PEN
13OLD COUNSEL
55THE COLLEGE COLONEL
14THE TUFT OF KELP
56THE MARTYR
15THE MALDIVE SHARK
57REBEL COLOR-BEARERS AT SHILOH
16TO NED
58AURORA BOREALIS
17CROSSING THE TROPICS
59THE RELEASED REBEL PRISONER
18THE BERG
60“FORMERLY A SLAVE”
19THE ENVIABLE ISLES
61ON THE SLAIN COLLEGIANS
20PEBBLES
62AMERICA
21POEMS FROM TIMOLEON
63INSCRIPTION
22LINES TRACED UNDER AN IMAGE OF AMOR THREATENING
64THE FORTITUDE OF THE NORTH
23THE NIGHT MARCH
65THE MOUND BY THE LAKE
24THE RAVAGED VILLA
66ON THE SLAIN AT CHICKAMAUGA
25THE NEW ZEALOT TO THE SUN
67AN UNINSCRIBED MONUMENT
26MONODY
68ON THE GRAVE OF A YOUNG CAVALRY OFFICER KILLED IN THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
27LONE FOUNTS
69A REQUIEM
28THE BENCH OF BOORS
70COMMEMORATIVE OF A NAVAL VICTORY
29ART
71A MEDITATION
30THE ENTHUSIAST
72POEMS FROM MARDI
31SHELLEY’S VISION
73WE FISH
32THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS
74INVOCATION
33THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES
75DIRGE
34HERBA SANTA
76MARLENA
35OFF CAPE COLONNA
77PIPE SONG
36THE APPARITION
78SONG OF YOOMY
37L’ENVOI
79GOLD
38SUPPLEMENT
80THE LAND OF LOVE
39POEMS FROM BATTLE PIECES
81POEMS FROM CLAREL
40THE PORTENT
82DIRGE
41FROM THE CONFLICT OF CONVICTIONS
83EPILOGUE
42THE MARCH INTO VIRGINIA
84IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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