Sea Poems: A Seafarer AnthologyBob Crew This exciting collection of sea poems is like no other. It brings together two separate maritime nations and cultures - the United States and Britain - through the works of many different poets on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean telling the colorful and awe-inspiring history of seafaring. From the defeat of the Spanish Armada in the English Channel by Sir Francis Drake in the late 16th century, followed by the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in America in the early 17th century to the Battle of Trafalgar and the defeat of Napoleon's fleet by Lord Nelson in the early 19th century this book has gripping stories to tell. No seafarer's or armchair sailor's education will be complete without this anthology, which brings together poetry from both sides of the Atlantic, including poets as diverse as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Dickinson and John Masefield. |
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Alfred Noyes American poets anthology Battle of Trafalgar beach beautiful blowing blue boats Bob Crew brave breath breeze bright brine Britain Captain captured cargo cloud colour D. H. Lawrence dark death deep distant Drake ebb and flow Emily Dickinson England English Channel eternal excerpt Fate's discourtesy Whereby favourites feel Felicia Hemans fish fleet foam French go to sea gold grey harbour heart heaven Henry Wadsworth Longfellow images imagination inner thoughts John Masefield land light live Lizzie mariners maritime conviction Masefield's poetry Matthew Arnold mighty mind mist Molly Holden mood mystery Nelson never night o'er ocean painted poetic River roll sail sailors sand sea imagery sea poems sea poetry Sea-fever seafaring ship shore sinking solitude song soul sound Spanish spiritual storm sweep Thames thee things tide Trade Winds voyage voyaging-in Walt Whitman waves whilst Whitman wild wreck