It was a hard, cold, relentless life, but it was his . As he watched the white sail shaking against the misty horizon, he knew he had finally found his home. He asked for nothing more than the sea's wild freedom, and "quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over".
As the ship cleared the harbor, a grey mist lay on the sea's face, and the sun broke through in a hesitant, grey dawn. Elias stood at the helm, his hands gripping the cold, shaking wheel. He felt the "wheel’s kick" as the vessel pushed hard against the Atlantic swell. Sea Fever
He was leaving behind the "vagrant gypsy life" of the land for the "gull’s way and the whale’s way". The wind bit at his face "like a whetted knife," bringing with it the "crying" of seagulls. It was a hard, cold, relentless life, but it was his
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