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1	On the Blue Shore of Silence: Poems of the Sea more books like this by Pablo Neruda add to wishlist "On the Blue Shore of Silence" celebrates the centenary of the birth of Pablo Neruda, one of the most widely read and best-loved poets of the 20th century. Although anthologies of Neruda's works abound, this is the first to collect some of his poems on the sea. see all copies from $9.82! new only from $15.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Gardening in the Tropics more books like this by Olive Senior add to wishlist This work contains a rich Caribbean world in poems offered to readers everywhere. Olive Senior's rich vein of humour can turn wry and then sharp in satire of colour-consciousness, class-consciousness, and racism. But her predominant tone is the verbal equivalent of a pair of wide-open arms. This collection goes down deep, drawing on presences and ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $6.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Down to the Sea in Ships more books like this by Philemon Sturges, Giles Laroche (Illustrator) add to wishlist With wonder and humor, Sturges and Laroche celebrate the beauty of the amazing vessels that have sailed through time, including a canoe, a Viking drakar, schooners, sailboats, and more. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
4	A Child's Treasury of Seaside Verse more books like this by Mark Daniel add to wishlist A collection of verses about the sea from Byron, Shakespeare, Whitman, Yeats, and other British and American writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $56.40! \| first editions
5	Poems of the Sea more books like this by J. D. McClatchy add to wishlist Throughout history, poets have felt the ancient pull of the sea, exploring the full range of mankind's nautical fears, dreams, and longings. The colorful legends of the sea-pirates and mermaids, phantom ships and the sunken city of Atlantis-have inspired as many imaginations as have the realities of lighthouses and shipwrecks, of icebergs and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| SVS
6	The Oxford Book of the Sea more books like this by Jonathan Raban (Editor) add to wishlist One of the earliest poems in the English language, "The Seafarer", is about the sea. Britain is a maritime culture and it is difficult to think of its history without bringing to mind such figures as Drake, Hawkins, Raleigh, and Nelson. The language itself is suffused with obsolete nautical terms (aloof, taken-aback, above board), and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $54.35! \| first editions
7	A sailor's garland more books like this by John Masefield add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3From hazy hamlets, one by one, Beyond the island-bars, The casements in the setting sun Flash back in violet stars. A brig is straining out for sea, To Norway or to France she goes, And all ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $22.96! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Fishing for a Dream: Ocean Lullabies and Night Verses more books like this by Kate Kiesler (Illustrator) add to wishlist A collection of lullabies centered on a theme of the sea, ships, and fishes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.68! \| first editions
9	Ulysses found more books like this by Ernle Bradford add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Voyage of the Ludgate Hill: Travels with Robert Louis Stevenson more books like this by Nancy Willard, Martin Provensen (Illustrator), Alice Provensen (Illustrator) add to wishlist This picture book give a partially fictionalized account of author Robert Louis Stevenson's journey from London, England to New York City. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	In Praise of Sailors: A Nautical Anthology of Art, Poetry, & Prose more books like this by Herbert W. Warden (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $60.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	Moods of the Sea: Masterworks of Sea Poetry more books like this by George C Solley (Editor), Eric Steinbaugh (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	The seven seas more books like this by Rudyard Kipling add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE FIRST CHANTEY. Mine was the woman to me, darkling I found her; Haling her dumb from the camp, held her and bound her. Hot rose her tribe on our track ere I had ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $9.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	The Mermaid's Purse: Poems by Ted Hughes more books like this by Ted Hughes, Flora McDonnell (Illustrator) add to wishlist This collection of 28 short poems, written by Britain's late poet laureate, invites readers to have some fun in the sun, sand, and sea. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.74! \| first editions
15 view cover	John Marr and Other Sailors, with Some Sea-Pieces more books like this by Professor Herman Melville add to wishlist Late in his life, Herman Melville published a volume of poetry called "John Marr and Other Sailors". He produced the collection at his expense, and therefore only about 25 copies were printed. Existing copies can be found in libraries, but scholars have, for the most part, not seen them. "John Marr and Other Sailors" is a complete facsimile ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $39.51! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Selected Poems more books like this by Lorna Goodison add to wishlist Poetry of personal and political vibrancy by a contemporary Caribbean writer see all copies from $6.15! new only from $20.34! \| signed copies \| SVS
17 view cover	Octopus Oyster Hermit Crab Snail: A Poem of the Sea more books like this by Sara Anderson add to wishlist Start at the tips of the foamy waves, where the sun glints off the water, and go down to the depths of the sea, where the eel's phosphorescence glows in the dark with otherworldly intensity. Below the waves, there are to be seen, among a myriad of living creatures, the octopus, the snail, and the angelfish. Deeper still are the whales, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.76! \| first editions
18 view cover	The rime of the ancient mariner : complete, authoritative texts of the 1798 and 1817 versions with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from contemporary critical perspectives more books like this by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Paul H. Fry add to wishlist This edition of Coleridge's classic poem reprints the 1798 and 1817 texts along with critical essays that read "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" from five contemporary critical perspectives: reader response; Marxist; psychoanalytic; deconstructionist and new historical. An additional essay demonstrates how these various approaches can be combined. see all copies from $24.00! new only from $28.17! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Sea! the Sea! more books like this by Peter Jay (Editor) add to wishlist Published in association with the National Maritime Museum, this anthology celebrates the sea as an elemental force with deep resonances for people everywhere. As such, it has always had a place of honour in poetry. Poets from time immemorial have written of sea adventures, voyages, explorations, battles, drownings, storms, shipwrecks, fishing and ... see all copies from $5.44! new only from $8.36! \| SVS
20	When I Dance: Poems more books like this by James Berry, Bonnie V. Ingber (Editor), Karen Barbour (Illustrator) add to wishlist A collection of poetry celebrating life in the rural areas of the Caribbean as well as in the inner cities of Great Britain by an author who spent his childhood in both of those places. B&w woodcut illustrations accompany the verses. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
21	The Eternal Sea: An Anthology of Sea Poetry more books like this by W. M. Williamson (Editor), Gordon Grant add to wishlist see all copies from $2.47! first editions
22	Sea Songs: Il more books like this by Myra Cohn Livingston, Leonard Everett Fisher (Illustrator) add to wishlist Poetic images of cresting waves, mermaids, sunken ships, and other aspects of the sea. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
23	Echoes of the Sea: Poems more books like this by Elinor Milnor Parker add to wishlist A collection of poems by various authors pertaining to the sea. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
24	Davy Jones' Haunted Locker more books like this by Robert Arthur add to wishlist see all copies from $3.75! first editions
25	A cavalcade of sea legends. more books like this by Michael Brown (Compiled by), Krystyna Turska add to wishlist Tales and poems from many countries about the sea and sea creatures. see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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