Title Std 9- Unit3- SEA-FEVER -video class.pdf ✅

About the author John Edward Masefield (1878 – 1967), English poet and writer, was the Poet Laureate of Britain from 1930 to 1967. Among his best-known works are the children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and the poems The Everlasting Mercy and Sea- Fever. He also wrote novels of adventure like Sard Harker (1924), Odtaa (1926), and Basilissa (1940). Masefield was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935.

Sea-Fever I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, A And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; A And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, B And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking. B ©English Eduspot  I feel a strong need to go back to the seas again, to the vast and lonely sea with just the open sky around me.  All I want is a big ship and a star (the Polaris or Pole Star) to guide it by.  And to feel the ship's steering wheel in my hands, hear the wind, and see the sails flutter.  I also want to see the mist over the ocean and the early morning light. ©English Eduspot