The Puffin Book of Salt-sea Verse (Puffin Books) by Charles Causley

Here are poems about sailors, fish & fisherfolk, ships, storms, dreams & treasures, and above all about 'the wild and wasteful ocean' itself, gathered together by the poet, Charles Causley, who has spent all his life near or on th sea." Contents (chapters) include: Intro / The Sea Itself / Creatures of Sea, Land and Sky / On the Beach / Findings and Keepings / I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside / Harbour and Island, Cape and Cliff / Fishing and Fisherfolk / A Life on the Ocean Wave / Vessels / Seaman All / In Deep / Sea-Changes / Lovers False and Lovers True / Dreamers, Solitaries and Survivors / Shipwreck, Storm and Disaster / Wreckers, Invaders, Pirates and Prisoners / Battles and Engagements / Voyagings, Departures and Homecomings / Index of First Lines / Index of Authors.