Can anyone remember the poem.?? primary school?

Question

During my primary school years there was a reading book with a poem that parts of it go around in my head, and no pals of mine can recall it. Anyway it was about the sea, and a line went like this...
I like to go down to the sea and ships...
And another line says..
The flung spray and the blown spume....
Can anybody put me out of my misery, as my son photographs seascapes, and this poem comes to mind imediately.

Answer 1

"Sea Fever"

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.

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 cloud's 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 wag and the whale's way,
where the wind's like a whetted knife.
And all I ask is a merry yarn
from a laughung fellow rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream
when the long trick's over.

Answer 2

I think this poem is called: 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 sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's 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 rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

Answer 3

Try this:

Sea Fever

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.

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 rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream
when the long trick's over.

-- John Masefield




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Answer 4

2 Little Kittens ~nameless (circa 1880) 2 little kittens, one stormy evening, began to quarrel, and then to combat; One had a mouse, the different had none, and that's the way the quarrel all started. "i'm going to have that mouse," unhappy the main important cat; "you have that mouse? we will see approximately that!" "i'm going to have that mouse," pronounced the eldest son; "You shan't have the mouse," pronounced the toddler. I informed you in the previous 'twas a stormy evening whilst those 2 little kittens began to combat; The previous woman seized her sweeping broom, And swept the two kittens right out of the room. the floor grow to be lined with frost and snow, And the two little kittens had nowhere to circulate; so they laid them down on the mat on the door, whilst the previous woman complete sweeping the floor. Then they crept in, as quiet as mice, All moist with the snow, and chilly as ice, For they got here across it grow to be extra perfect, that stormy evening, To lie down and sleep than to quarrel and combat.

Answer 5

It most likely sounds like John Masefield's "I Must Go Down To The See".

Answer 6

If my memory serves me right you are talking about 'The Rhyme of Ancient Mariner' sorry can't remember any more, it has been over 50 years.