There is nothing, absolutely nothing, so grand as messing about in boats. Ratty from Wind in the Willows.

Carl Sandburg (1878Â1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.

79. Have Me
    
    
    HAVE me in the blue and the sun.
    Have me on the open sea and the mountains.
    
    When I go into the grass of the sea floor, I will go alone.
    This is where I came fromÂthe chlorine and the salt are blood and bones.
    It is here the nostrils rush the air to the lungs. It is here oxygen clamors to be let in.
    And here in the root grass of the sea floor I will go alone.
    
    Love goes far. Here love ends.
    Have me in the blue and the sun.

"You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft." Yes--you do, until that is, you turn over in your sleep and wind up in the water! :>)

"Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit."
- Brooks Atkinson