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Into the Universe
Posted in Photography with tags beauty, blog, blogging, forest, inspiration, light, nature, nature photography, photography, universe, wilderness on December 16, 2014 by allisonlabineImage © Tim LamanSea Fever
Posted in Poetry with tags adventure, blog, blogging, energy, john masefield, ocean, ocean blog, ocean poem, poem, poetry, sailboat, sailing, sea, sea fever, seagull, ship, sunset, wild, wild call, wilderness, wind on March 25, 2014 by allisonlabine
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Sea Fever
By: 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.
*A trick is the time spent at the wheel of a ship. Spume is the froth or foam found on waves.
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