Ladies and Gentlemen, John Masefield
/I must 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,
I must 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,
In case any of you were wondering what my weird fascination with this Masefield character is, I can tell you: it’s Star Trek!
Masefield is one of the only poets mentioned by name in the Star Trek universe, specifically in the much-maligned Star Trek V when Kirk quotes from a line of the poem herein posted. Kirk quotes the line, McCoy misidentifies it as Melville, and Spock corrects him with Masefield.
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