Dauber: A Poem

"Dauber: A Poem" by John Masefield

John Edward Masefield OM was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate. This poem is considered by many to be a magnificent spiritual vision of life. The poem is a masterpiece thanks to its pictures of the storm, the sea-night, the ship entering the calm bay at day-dawn. The poem tells of a painter whose heart's desire is to portray the sea as it really is.