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Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

John Masefield

Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

Tags: beauty, slow, old, like

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.

John Masefield

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.

Tags: poetry

About Author
John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and the poems "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever".

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man it has become the amusement and delight of the few.

John Masefield

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man it has become the amusement and delight of the few.

Tags: poetry

The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.

John Masefield

The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.

Tags: friendship, separation

Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain,And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.

John Masefield

Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain,And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.

Tags: nature, travel

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

John Masefield

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

Tags: decency, flowers, inspiration, kindness, losers, people, trust, winners, wisdom, worth

I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, that cannot be denied!

John Masefield

I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, that cannot be denied!

Tags: travel

(...) It,s hard not to be able. There, look there!/ I cannot get the movement nor the light;/Sometimes it almost makes a man despair/To try and try and never get it right./Oh, if I could -oh, if I onl...

John Masefield

(...) It,s hard not to be able. There, look there!/ I cannot get the movement nor the light;/Sometimes it almost makes a man despair/To try and try and never get it right./Oh, if I could -oh, if I onl...

Tags: poem

But Time and Tide and Buttered Eggs wait for no man.

John Masefield

But Time and Tide and Buttered Eggs wait for no man.

Tags: christmas, sense of urgency, time, time travel

I must go down to the sea...to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by......

John Masefield

I must go down to the sea...to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by......

Tags: cool, inspirational, rhyme, ship, space

Best trust the happy moments. ... The days that make us happy make us wise.

John Masefield

Best trust the happy moments. ... The days that make us happy make us wise.

Tags: happiness

An art in which the artist by means of rhythm and great sincerity can convey to others the sentiment which he feels about life.

John Masefield

An art in which the artist by means of rhythm and great sincerity can convey to others the sentiment which he feels about life.

Tags: poets, poetry

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once a minute something generous dies for want of it.

John Masefield

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once a minute something generous dies for want of it.

Tags: praise, flattery

God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays.

John Masefield

God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays.

Tags: prayer

I must go 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.

John Masefield

I must go 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.

Tags: sea

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 mi...

John Masefield

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 mi...

Tags: sea, voyage