Publisher Desc.  The homophonic texture moves swiftly and easily through the text, and the poetic images of the sea are mirrored in the beautifully undulating harmonies. Frequent meter changes throughout the piece are never surprising, they serve to give the text speech rhythms, making the narrator's desire to go back to the sea clearly understood. This setting of the famous John Masefield poem is wonderfully suited for a high school or college choir.