John Masefield
John Masefield
John Edward Masefield, OMwas an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and poems, including "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 June 1878
mother giving soul
I hold that when a person dies / His soul returns again to earth; / Arrayed in some new flesh disguise / Another mother gives him birth / With sturdier limbs and brighter brain.
blow laugh teeth
Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song. / Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.
again ask dream gypsy laughing merry quiet seas sleep sweet yarn
I must down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life,To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's o
death doors dies
Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die.
love race watch
My race being run, I love to watch the race
people suffering tragedy
Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.