“Tall windows show Infinity; And, hard reality, The candles weep and pry and dance Like lives mocked at by Chance. The rooms are vast as Sleep within; When once I ventured in, Chill Silence, like a surging sea, Slowly enveloped me.” HardShowsRealityChanceSleepRoomsSilenceSeaWindowTallInfinityCandleChill Book:Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology Source: Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology
“The moon is bleached as white as wool, And just dropping under; Every star is gone but three, And they hang far asunder,-- There's a sea-ghost all in gray, A tall shape of wonder!” ThreeStarsWhiteWonderGoneSeaShapesMoonGhostTallGrayTwilightDroppingWool Book:The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow Source: The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow
“I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.” AsksStarsSeaSkyLonelyShipsBoatTallSailSailingVoyagesSteersNauticalSteeringYachtSailing And The SeaBoats And SailingMarinersSailing ShipsShips At SeaOceans And SeasSea LifeSailors And The SeaSea And SkySea VoyageTall Ships Author:John Masefield