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Samuel Taylor Coleridge2 quotes
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Allan Cunningham1 quote
A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A wind that follows fast
And fills the white and rustling sail
And bends the gallant mast. — Allan Cunningham · 1850Herman Melville1 quote
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off—then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. — Herman Melville · 1851Horace1 quote
Tomorrow we shall sail again on the vast ocean. — Horace · 23 BCHoratio Nelson1 quote
I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea. — Horatio Nelson · 1804John Gay1 quote
They'll tell thee, sailors, when away,
In ev'ry port a mistress find. — John Gay · 1720John Masefield1 quote
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 · 1902John Paul Jones1 quote
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way. — John Paul Jones · 1778