Length2h 19m
About this audiobook
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.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length2 hrs 19 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS
26MONODY
2BRIDEGROOM DICK
27LONE FOUNTS
3TOM DEADLIGHT
28THE BENCH OF BOORS
4JACK ROY
29ART
5SEA PIECES
30THE ENTHUSIAST
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6THE HAGLETS
31SHELLEY’S VISION
7THE AEOLIAN HARP
32THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS
8TO THE MASTER OF THE METEOR
33THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES
9FAR OFF-SHORE
34HERBA SANTA
10THE MAN-OF-WAR HAWK
35OFF CAPE COLONNA
11THE FIGURE-HEAD
36THE APPARITION
12THE GOOD CRAFT SNOW BIRD
37L’ENVOI
13OLD COUNSEL
38SUPPLEMENT
14THE TUFT OF KELP
39POEMS FROM BATTLE PIECES
15THE MALDIVE SHARK
40THE PORTENT
16TO NED
41FROM THE CONFLICT OF CONVICTIONS
17CROSSING THE TROPICS
42THE MARCH INTO VIRGINIA
18THE BERG
43BALL’S BLUFF
19THE ENVIABLE ISLES
44THE STONE FLEET
20PEBBLES
45THE TEMERAIRE
21POEMS FROM TIMOLEON
46A UTILITARIAN VIEW OF THE MONITOR’S FIGHT
22LINES TRACED UNDER AN IMAGE OF AMOR THREATENING
47MALVERN HILL
23THE NIGHT MARCH
48STONEWALL JACKSON
24THE RAVAGED VILLA
49THE HOUSE-TOP
25THE NEW ZEALOT TO THE SUN
50CHATTANOOGA
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