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GIP. So this icon that I've had for two or three days is my own, my precious. :P I made it using this poem:

Sea-Fever

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;
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea's face, and a gray dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like
a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

-John Masefield


This has been one of my favorite poems since around 11th grade, I believe. I can relate, you might say. In a big way, though my experience with boats has been the smaller sizes, not tall ships. But definitely relate. I used it with the Jack icon (edited very carefully by me, so there shouldn't be any others like it), after seeing a gorgeous wallpaper that used the entire first verse, along with a movie quote.

I should be putting up some more PotC icons soon...



exactly wording in poem credit to http://members.aol.com/caulas/seafever.htm