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John Masefield
(1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967 / Herefordshire / England)
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John Masefield 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". more >>
 
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'When freezing aloft in a snorter, I tell you I wish—
(Though maybe it ain't like a Christian)MI wish I could be
A haughty old copper-bound albatross dipping for fish
And coming th...
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John Masefield (1878-1967), British poet. Sea Change (l. 13-16). . . Oxford Book of Modern Verse, The, 1892-1935. William Butler Yeats, ed. (1936)...
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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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John Masefield (1874-1967), British poet, playwright. "Sea Fever," st. 2, Salt-Water Ballads (1902). The line appears as "I must go down to the se...
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