SHIP MANDALAY "SEA FEVER" I MUST GO DOWN TO THE SEA AGAIN, TO THE LONELY SEA AND 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 SHAKING AND A GREY MIST ON THE SEA'S FACE ,AND A GREY DAWN BREAKING I MUST GO DOWN TO THE SEA AGAIN,FOR THE CALLOF 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 SPRY AND THE BLOWN SPUME AND THE SEA GULL'S CRYING. I MUST GO DOWN TO THE SEA AGAIN, TO THE VAGRANT GYPSY LIFE,TO THE GULL'S WAY AND THE WHALES WAY WHERE THE WINDS LIKE A WHETTED KNIFE AND ALL I ASK IS A MERRY YARN FROM A LAUGHING FELLOW-ROVER AND THE QUITE SLEEP AND A SWEET DREAM WHEN THE TREK IS OVER. By:John Masefield(1878-1967) (English Poet Laureate(1930-1967) |
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