John Masefield
John Masefield
John Edward Masefield, OMwas an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and poems, including "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 June 1878
running sea sailing
I must go down to the sea again For the call of the running tide It's a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.
weather two sailing
Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind.
stars sea sailing
All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by.
men sailing ships
Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.
beauty coming english-poet slow solemn tunes
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.
dipping leads road runs white
One road leads to London, / One road runs to Wales, / My road leads me seawards / To the white dipping sails.
blow laugh teeth
Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song. / Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.
brand brow man success
Success is the brand on the brow of a man who has aimed too low.
love race watch
My race being run, I love to watch the race
again ask dream gypsy laughing merry quiet seas sleep sweet yarn
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 o
call clear running sea tide wild
I must down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide / Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.
death doors dies
Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die.
may pages taverns
And may we find when ended is the page, Death but a tavern on our pilgrimage.
men soul corn
The corn that makes the holy bread By which the soul of man is fed, The holy bread, the food unpriced, Thy everlasting mercy, Christ.