Since the dawn of language, poets have celebrated the majestic immensity of Earth’s oceans, the powerful waters that create and destroy, the intense drama and soothing gentleness of waves, the dangerous voyages to distant shores, and the indelible sensory memories set on shifting sandy beaches drenched in sunshine.This collection joins the verse of renowned poets with the voices of select modern writers, all inspired by the ceaseless splendor of the sea.Includes a reading guide for teachers and book groups, and biographies of the poets inside.Classic Dante AlighieriJoseph AuslanderThomas Lovell BeddoesElizabeth Barrett BrowningGeorge Shepard BurleighLord ByronBliss CarmanStephen CraneH. D.Emily DickinsonA. E.Ralph Waldo EmersonCharlotte Perkins GilmanArthur GuitermanThomas HardySadakichi HartmannNathaniel HawthorneRudyard KiplingThomas S. Jones, Jr.D. H. LawrenceEugene Lee-HamiltonHenry Wadsworth LongfellowJohn MasefieldEdna St. Vincent MillayMarianne MooreThomas MooreJohn Boyle O’ReillyEva L. OgdenEzra PoundRainer Maria RilkeDante Gabriel RossettiAlan SeegerWilliam ShakespeareJohn SterlingWallace StevensRobert Louis StevensonSara TeasdaleAlfred, Lord TennysonWalt WhitmanOscar WildeWilliam WordsworthWilliam Butler YeatsCurrentJoel AllegrettiCarol Alena AronoffJanet BarrySidney BendingBen BeverJenny BlackfordEloise Bruce R. T. CastleberryBill CushingLauren Davis Elizabeth Ruth DeyroAgnieszka FilipekMarj HahneDavid HolperGene HultClarissa JakobsonsMarjorie MaddoxPaul MagrsLucin...