Crashing waves, salty air, crying gulls, and intrepid ships come to life in this enchanting collection of seaside poems. Featuring dozens of handpicked verses about the power and mystery of the sea, this beautiful hardcover gift book includes beloved works by poets like Emily Dickinson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Walt Whitman, and many more. Selected Contents: Full Fathom Five by William Shakespeare; Break, Break, Break by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Invocation from a High Cliff by Cale Young Rice; Night by Cora C. Bass; The City in the Sea by Edgar Allen Poe; By the Sea by Emily Dickinson; The Ocean by Jamie Harris Coleman; O Captain! My Captain! By Walt Whitman; John Marr and Other Sailors by Herman Melville; The West by A. E. Housman; River and Sea by Ella Wheeler Wilcox; The Captain's Daughter by James T. Fields; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Salutation to the Sea by Heinrich Heine.