full ahead both engines!

as i browsed through my old notes, i found this poem in between those papers. already turned yellow . here it is the poem, i read to all of you.

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 sails shaking,
and a grey mist on the seas 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 lover
and quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long tricks over.

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