by Whitman · Cluster: Sea · Water
Abstract
A short free-verse seascape of restless waves forever seeking the shore from an eagle’s vantage; themes of the sea, nature and ceaseless striving.
Connections
Motifs: Sea, Nature, Birds Forms & Genres: Lyric Settings: Sea (2)
Testo integrale / Full text
Cluster: SANDS AT SEVENTY
I stand as on some mighty eagle’s beak,
Eastward the sea absorbing, viewing, (nothing but sea and sky,)
The tossing waves, the foam, the ships in the distance,
The wild unrest, the snowy, curling caps—that inbound urge and urge
of waves,
Seeking the shores forever.