Perhaps you are referring to John Masefield's, "All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by" from his poem Sea Fever.
Sea Fever
; I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, ; And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, ; And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, ; And a gray mist on the sea's face, and a gray dawn breaking.
; I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide ; Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; ; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, ; And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
; I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, ; To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife; ; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, ; And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over. John Masefield
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The quote "Give you a tall ship and a star to steer her by" is from the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield, an English poet.
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