As a kid brought up associated with boats and the sea I used to enjoy John Masefield's
Sea-Fever; the man himself reciting it is at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCYsLqV2CyU
I can really only remember the first verse now - as time went by I, conditioned by some tense experiences, came to regard it as being overly romantic; but it does bring back pleasant childhood memories.