John Masefield Quote

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.

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About John Masefield

John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967, during which time he lived at Burcot, Oxfordshire, near Abingdon-on-Thames. 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". Shortly after his death his house (Burcote Brook) burned down and was later replaced by a Cheshire Home named after him.