National Poetry Month

[brigdh]

Sea Fever - John Masefield

I must go down to the seas again,
to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship
and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song
and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face
and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again,
for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call
that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day
with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume,
and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again
to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way
where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn
from a laughing fellow rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream
when the long trick's over.

Comments

[gen50.livejournal.com]

i love this poem. one of the pieces i know by heart,
i recite it when i am by a body of water ... the sea, a lake
especially when i feel the salt


and as trivia, kirk quotes one of the lines - and all i ask is a tall ship -in one tos eppy

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

This is a great poem; I'd like to memorize it myself.

And awesome! I did not know that.