约翰·梅斯菲尔德 John Masefield （1878～1967），英国诗人。14岁当水手，后自学成为记者，1930年被授予英国第22届“桂冠诗人”称号。
《海之恋》是约翰·梅斯菲尔德最著名的诗，由此，他被誉为“大海的诗人”。他在诗中表达了他从尘嚣中回归大海，回归大自然的豁达之情。而这种回归大自然并非宿命的避世，而是迎战前的稍息，因为他“还要在海雾蒙蒙时出航”，“好感受破晓时分的朦胧紫光”。在诗中还表达了他向往自由，要“像吉普赛人一样享受一次流浪”，要“像海鸥搏击长空，巨鲸嬉戏大洋”。正如现代人，不再为了传统的“根”，而据守故里。只要你不怕流浪，愿意奋斗终生，终将无怨无憾。
下面是诗的原文.
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 grey mist on the sea's face and a grey 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 two 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
极其翻译:
我必须再去看看大海，去看那寂寥的大海与长天，
我只要一艏（桅杆）高高的航船，还要一颗星星为我导航，
呵还要坚固的舵轮，轻吟的海风，飘扬的白帆，还要，
还要在海雾蒙蒙时出航，好感受破晓时分的朦胧紫光。
我必须再去看看大海，为着应合那咆哮的海涛的召唤，
呵，多么粗犷多么嘹亮，世间又有谁能把它违抗；
我希望海空中有疾风如骏马奔驰，有白云似苍狗翱翔，还有，
还有浪花的飞溅，泡沫的翻腾，海鸟的吟唱。
我必须再去看看大海，像吉普赛人一样享受一次流浪，或者
像海鸥搏击长空，巨鲸嬉戏大洋，像刀剑任风儿打磨得锃明瓦亮
我只希望身边有一个快乐的旅伴时时讲一些海上奇谈，
希望长久的操舵后有一个安静的睡眠，进入甜蜜的梦乡。
Beauty 个人也很喜欢.
Beauty
Have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain:
I have seen the lady April bringing in the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.
I have heard the song of the blossoms and the old chant of the sea,
And seen strange lands from under the arched white sails of ships;
But the loveliest things of beauty God ever has showed to me
Are her voice, and her hair, and eyes, and the dear red curve of her
lips.
领略过沼泽荒原与多风山岗的晨昏，
庄严之美犹如西班牙旋律悠扬古老；
领略过给我们带来水仙的四月女神，
带来温软的四月春雨与旺盛的青草。
曾倾听过鲜花的歌唱与大海的古曲，
也在鼓鼓白帆下领略过陆地的奇妙；
上帝显露给我的美妙事物不可胜数，
唯有她的细语秀发明眸红唇最妖娆！
