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.

John Masefield
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  1. The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.

  2. Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain, And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.

  3. I have seen flowers come in stony places And kind things done by men with ugly faces, And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust, too.

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