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John Masefield
(1878-1967 / Herefordshire / England)
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27 poems of John Masefield
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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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''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,''
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John Masefield (1878-1967), British poet. Sea Fever (l. 1-2). . .
Modern American & British Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed., in consultation with Ka...
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''Out of the earth to rest or range
Perpetual in perpetual change,
The unknown passing through the strange.''
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John Masefield (1878-1967), British poet. The Passing Strange (l. 1-3). . .
Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch...
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''Since moons decay and suns decline,
How else should end this life of mine?''
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John Masefield (1878-1967), British poet. The Passing Strange (l. 46-47). . .
Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Cou...
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''They change, and we, who pass like foam,
Like dust blown through the streets of Rome,
Change ever, too; we have no home,''
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John Masefield (1878-1967), British poet. The Passing Strange (l. 61-63). . .
Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Cou...
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But gathering as we stray, a sense
Of Life, so lovely and intense,
It lingers when we wander hence,
That those who follow feel behind
Their backs, when all before is blind,
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John Masefield (1878-1967), British poet. The Passing Strange (l. 67-72). . .
Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Cou...
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''Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.''
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John Masefield (1874-1967), British poet, playwright. The Tragedy of Nan, preface (1908).
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''It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries;
I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.''
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John Masefield (1878-1967), British poet. The West Wind (l. 1-2). . .
Modern American & British Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed., in consultation wit...
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''It's a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine,
Apple orchards blossom there, and the air's like wine.''
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John Masefield (1878-1967), British poet. The West Wind (l. 5-6). . .
Modern American & British Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed., in consultation wit...
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