tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post5872463828125864418..comments2024-01-18T02:47:12.669-08:00Comments on Tregear Vean: The call of the sea. Revjeanrolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-73139716732613244822013-02-02T07:04:34.021-08:002013-02-02T07:04:34.021-08:00I have had it in other funerals since...I cope! I...I have had it in other funerals since...I cope! I hadn't realised you were from Fleetwood! My mum lived in Cleveleys Revjeanrolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-34938461630931372162013-02-02T06:55:09.999-08:002013-02-02T06:55:09.999-08:00Oh dear Jean- I hadn't realised of course it m...Oh dear Jean- I hadn't realised of course it must be hard to read it in those circumstances.jantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00427413040090881660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-75951843617563895922013-02-02T04:02:23.224-08:002013-02-02T04:02:23.224-08:00That poem was read at my husbands funeral. I sti...That poem was read at my husbands funeral. I still find it hard to read! Revjeanrolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-24083263006758647032013-02-02T03:42:21.701-08:002013-02-02T03:42:21.701-08:00I also love the sea having been brought up in Flee...I also love the sea having been brought up in Fleetwood.When my uncle died used this poem in the eulogy at the funeral ( He was a trawlerman) <br />"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,<br /> And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,<br /> And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,<br /> And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking." John Masefield <br /><br />http://allpoetry.com/poem/8495913-Sea_Fever-by-John_Masefield for the whole poem.<br />I think I must have learnt it at school and love it.<br />Janetjantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00427413040090881660noreply@blogger.com