Of all the things that drive men to sea, the most common disaster, I've come to learn, is women.

Charles R. Johnson

Middle Passage

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Topic

Dangers of women Ocean and sea

Author

Charles R. Johnson

Source

Middle Passage

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Johnson, Charles R. Middle Passage. Atheneum Publishers, 1990.

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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.

John Masefield

Sea-Fever

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Topic
Sailing Ocean and sea

Author

John Masefield
Source
Sea-Fever
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1902 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Masefield, John. "Sea-Fever." Salt-Water Ballads. London: Grant Richards, 1902, I. 1.

Current Citation

Masefield, John. "Sea-Fever." Sea Fever: Selected Poems of John Masefield, edited by Philip W. Errington. Carcanet Press, 2005, I. 1.