I must 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,
ATTRIBUTION:
John Masefield (18781967), British poet. Sea Fever (l. 12). . .
Modern American & British Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed., in consultation with Karl Shapiro and Richard Wilbur. (Rev., shorter ed., 1955) Harcourt, Brace and Company.