The long title poem, Dauber, follows a young man who wants to paint ships and the sea truly and so signs on a sailing ship bound round Cape Horn. Mocked and bullied by the crew, he endures storm, ice and danger aloft. Shorter poems complete the volume, among them Biography, Ships and The Harp.
Masefield’s finest sea poetry, written from his own years under sail, by the future Poet Laureate. Download the free EPUB.