Poem A Day

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Sea

A curated path through classic sea poetry, from familiar authors to quieter discoveries.

1,493 public poems
25 poets represented

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Sea poem paths

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Essential sea

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  1. A Birthday by Christina Rossetti

    nature, love, death

  2. A Ballad upon a Wedding by Sir John Suckling

    nature, love, death

  3. A Birthday Song. To S. G. by Sidney Lanier

    nature, love, death

Sea and nature

Poems where sea overlaps with nature.

  1. A Farewell by Coventry Patmore

    nature, love, hope

  2. A Farewell to Agassiz by Oliver Wendell Holmes

    nature, love, death

  3. A Farewell to False Love by Sir Walter Raleigh

    nature, love, death

Sea and love

Poems where sea overlaps with love.

  1. A Hymn In Honour Of Beauty by Edmund Spenser

    nature, love, death

  2. A Hymn Of Heavenly Beauty by Edmund Spenser

    nature, love, death

  3. 117. Song—Farewell to Eliza by Robert Burns

    nature, love, death

Collection index

More sea poems

A first shelf from the sea collection. Open any title to read the poem page.

  1. "Arcturus" is his other name by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, love, death
  2. "De Gustibus--" by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
  3. "Home" by Edward Thomas

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    nature, beauty, hope
  4. "Hope" is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, love, death
  5. "Nature" is what we see -- by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, death, faith
  6. 'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight by Emily Bronte

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    nature, love, beauty
  7. 'Twas a long Parting -- but the time by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, love, death
  8. 101. Song—Composed in Spring by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, hope
  9. 117. Song—Farewell to Eliza by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  10. 123. Lines to an Old Sweetheart by Robert Burns

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    love, solitude, war
  11. 128. The Farewell by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  12. 130. Nature’s Law: A Poem by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  13. 136. Prayer—O Thou Dread Power by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  14. 137. Song—Farewell to the Banks of Ayr by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  15. 144. A Winter Night by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  16. 177. Elegy on the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  17. 185. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  18. 193. On Scaring some Water-Fowl in Lock Turit by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
  19. 201. Birthday Ode for 31st December, 1787 by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, hope
  20. 203. Sylvander to Clarinda by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  21. 204. Song—Love in the Guise of Friendship by Robert Burns

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    love, grief, identity
  22. 254. Caledonia: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  23. 264. Song—On a Bank of Flowers by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  24. 278. On the late Captain Grose’s Peregrinations by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, beauty
  25. 293. The Whistle: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  26. 294. Song—To Mary in Heaven by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  27. 296. The Five Carlins: An Election Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  28. 306. Election Ballad at close of Contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790 by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  29. 310. Tam o’ Shanter: A Tale by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  30. 324. Song—The Charms of Lovely Davies by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
  31. 352. The Song of Death by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  32. 39. Ballad on the American War by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  33. 403. The Soldier’s Return: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
  34. 447. Song—A red, red Rose by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  35. 494. Song—Farewell thou stream that winding flows by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  36. 540. Inscription to Chloris by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  37. 548. The Dean of Faculty: A new Ballad by Robert Burns

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    love, death, beauty
  38. 56. Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  39. 59. Death and Dr. Hornbook by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  40. 75. Halloween by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  41. 83. The Cotter’s Saturday Night by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  42. 87. The Twa Dogs by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  43. 88. The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  44. 91. The Vision by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  45. 92. Suppressed Stanzas of “The Vision” by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
  46. A Baby's Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
  47. A Ballad of Burdens by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
  48. A Ballad of Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
  49. A Ballad of Dreamland by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, hope
  50. A Ballad upon a Wedding by Sir John Suckling

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    nature, love, death
  51. A Better Ressurection by Christina Rossetti

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    nature, love, death
  52. A Birthday by Christina Rossetti

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    nature, love, death
  53. A Birthday Song. To S. G. by Sidney Lanier

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    nature, love, death
  54. A Boston Ballad, 1854. by Walt Whitman

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    nature, love, death
  55. A Bridal Song by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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    nature, beauty, hope
  56. A COUNTRY LIFE:TO HIS BROTHER, MR THOMAS HERRICK by Robert Herrick

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    nature, love, death
  57. A Calendar of Sonnets: April by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    nature, love, beauty
  58. A Calendar of Sonnets: June by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    nature, love, beauty
  59. A Child Asleep by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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    nature, love, death
  60. A Christmas Carol by William Topaz McGonagall

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    nature, love, death
  61. A DIVINE IMAGE by William Blake

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    nature, love, faith
  62. A Day Dream by Emily Bronte

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    nature, love, death
  63. A Dead Rose by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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    nature, love, beauty
  64. A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay by William Topaz McGonagall

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    nature, love, beauty
  65. A Dialogue by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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    nature, love, death
  66. A Dirge by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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    nature, love, grief
  67. A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe

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    nature, love, hope
  68. A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree -- by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, love, death
  69. A Face by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
  70. A Farewell by Coventry Patmore

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    nature, love, hope
  71. A Farewell by Lord Alfred Tennyson

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    nature, time, sea
  72. A Farewell to Agassiz by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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    nature, love, death
  73. A Farewell to False Love by Sir Walter Raleigh

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    nature, love, death
  74. A Flower-Piece By Fantin by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
  75. A Fragment by George Gordon, Lord Byron

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    nature, love, death
  76. A Funeral Poem on the Death of C.E. by Phillis Wheatley

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    nature, love, death
  77. A Grammarian's Funeral : Shortly After the Revival of Learning in Europe by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
  78. A Hymn In Honour Of Beauty by Edmund Spenser

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    nature, love, death
  79. A Hymn Of Heavenly Beauty by Edmund Spenser

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    nature, love, death
  80. A Hymn To God The Father by John Donne

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    nature, death, solitude