Walt Whitman
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Delius: 20 facts about the great composer
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6. Walt Whitman
Delius’s piece Sea Drift takes its name from a Walt Whitman poetical compilation Leaves of Grass, and the piece itself includes text from Whitman’s poem Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking.