by John Masefield (1878 - 1967)

Language: English 
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.

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Note: first published in Speaker (Feb. 1902)

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