Sea Fever by John Masefield has been voted the nation's favourite sea poem, ahead of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which came ninth. Sea Fever was published in 1900 ...

A LINE from yesterday's choice echoed the opening one of this celebrated paean to the sea by John Masefield (Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967). The poem was most effectively set to music by John ...

Sea-Fever' is a poem by John Masefield, from his first collection of poetry, Salt-Water Ballads, published in 1902. Ireland's setting of the text was written in 1913 and begins: I must down to the ...

Her body was later recovered by her crewmates. The ceremony took place at 01:00 BST on Sunday, with readings including the poem Sea Fever, external by John Masefield. A minute's silence was held ...

Her body was later recovered by her crewmates. The ceremony took place at 01:00 BST on Sunday, with readings including the poem Sea Fever, external by John Masefield. A minute's silence was held ...