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Quote #4
I too Paumanok,
I too have bubbled up, floated the measureless float, and been wash'd on your shores, (41-42)
The speaker now identifies with Paumanok, the place of his birth. He, like a seaside town, has been living at the whim of nature. Storms in his life wash things to the shore, and the tides of his life wash them away. He sees himself in nature, and it affects the way he looks at places from his past.