The sea has inspired some of Mr. Belloc's finest writing. He has gone upon it from his boyhood, and it is a part of his life.
(Preface)

STANZAS
Written on Battersea Bridge during a South-westerly gale
The woods and downs have caught the mid-December,
The noisy woods and high sea-downs of home;
The wind has found me and I do remember
The strong scent of the foam.