Preface: The leaving of Liverpool
Prologue: The beginnings of its goings on
From the purple isles of Mogador
All the shoals and deeps within
Oh! the beauty and the might of it
Here the sea of pity lies
They that occupy their business on great waters
Change and decay all around the sea
The storm surge carries all before
Epilogue: Falls the shadow, fades the sea.
Atlantic : a vast ocean of a million stories by Simon Winchester. ISBN 9780007364596. Published by Harper Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.