Nature

From Montauk Point

by Walt Whitman 1819–1892

From Leaves of Grass

Nature

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.

MLA

Whitman, Walt. “From Montauk Point.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/291/.

Chicago

Whitman, Walt. “From Montauk Point.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/291/.

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