01UndatedThe distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.John Masefield / quote ↗
02UndatedOnly 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 / quote ↗
03UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
04UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
05Undated(...) 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 only might,/I wouldn,t mind what hells I,d have to pass,/Not if the whole world called me fool and ass."Dauber (A poem). John Masefield. 1916. London William HeinemannJohn Masefield / quote ↗
06UndatedChristmas ought to be brought up to date,” Maria said. “It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.John Masefield / quote ↗
08UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
09UndatedBest trust the happy moments. ... The days that make us happy make us wise.John Masefield / quote ↗
10UndatedAn 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 / quote ↗
11UndatedOnce 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 / quote ↗
13UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
