Life By The Sea, part 2

"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by...

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. "

from Sea Fever, John Masefield.