John Masefield Quotes

• People who leave their own time out of their work cannot be surprised if their time fails to find them interesting.

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• And all the way that wild high crying, To cold his blood with the thought of dying.

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• I have seen flowers come in stony places And kind things done by men with ugly faces, And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust, too.

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• Life’s battle is a conquest for the strong; The meaning shows in the defeated thing.

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• The days that make us happy make us wise.

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• And he who gives a child a treat Makes joy-bells ring in Heaven’s street, And he who gives a child a home Builds palaces in Kingdom come, And she who gives a baby birth Brings Saviour Christ again to Earth.

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• Out into the street I ran uproarious The devil dancing in me glorious.

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• In the dark room where I began My mother’s life made me a man. Through all the months of human birth Her beauty fed my common earth. I cannot see, nor breathe, nor stir, But through the death of some of her.

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• Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die.

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• My road leads me seawards To the white dipping sails.

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• Most roads lead men homewards, My road leads me forth.

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• Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French, And some’ll swallow tay and stuff fit only for a wench.

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• I have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

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• Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke-stack, Butting through the Channel in the mad March days.

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• Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.

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• It is good to be out on the road, and going one knows not where.

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• It’s a warm wind, the west wind, full of bird’s cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.

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• I must 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.

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• I must 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.

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• I must 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 grey mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking.

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John Masefield (32)

Birth:	1st June, 1878
Death:	12th May, 1967
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Poet, Writer

About

John Edward Masefield was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England. He was an English poet and novelist. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930. He Educated at King’s School, Warwick. He wrote several poems include: The everlasting mercy, Dauber, Salt-Water Poems and Ballads, Reynard the fox, and King Cole. He wrote several novels include: A Mainsail Haul, Multitude and solitude, Captain Margaret, Lost Endeavour, Sard Harker, Odtaa, The Midnight Folk, The Taking of the Gry, and The Box of Delights. His non-fiction works, including Sea Life in Nelson's Time, The Old Front Line, and The Battle of the Somme.

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