Sea Quest: The Pocket University 2 June 2023
'I thought that thus, these seven hundred years, our ships have gone where never pathway showed," intones the poet John Masefield of his English town's sailors.
“Brandy … you're a fine girl … what a good wife you would be … but my life, my love and my lady is the sea.”
So say the eternal poets of The Looking Glass1.
The allure of the ocean, the sailor’s life, the danger, the adventure—all crop up in literature. (Moby Dick, anyone?)
The short poem, “Lines on Sea Adventure” by John Masefield, honors the bravery and r…
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