(1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967 / Herefordshire / England)

poet John Masefield
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Poems of John Masefield

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41. The Wanderer 12/31/2002
42. The West Wind 12/31/2002
43. The Wild Duck 4/3/2010
44. The Yarn of the Loch Achray 12/31/2002
45. Trade Winds 12/31/2002
46. Twilight 4/3/2010

On Eastnor Knoll

SILENT are the woods, and the dim green boughs are
Hushed in the twilight: yonder, in the path through
The apple orchard, is a tired plough-boy
Calling the cows home.

A bright white star blinks, the pale moon rounds, but
Still the red, lurid wreckage of the sunset
Smoulders in smoky fire, and burns on
The misty hill-tops.

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