A small, antique rocking horse appears repeatedly, endlessly rocking.

"Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" is a poem by Walt Whitman.

"Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" is found in the title section, Sea-Drift.

Chanted over and over in almost every lullaby, the oror mimics the sound of the thing it represents, the to and fro of the cradle endlessly rocking.

A turbulent place, the water endlessly rocking and swirling, freezing and searing us by turns.

Frederick Delius set part of Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking for baritone solo, chorus and orchestra.

The music was inspired by Walt Whitman's poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking".

And out of the cradle endlessly rocking.

In the Beginning Youth, from birth through infancy, from childhood to adulthood, is the focus of "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking."

A particularly long example is the opening stanza (lines 1-22) of Walt Whitman's "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking."