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> [Each one could be a Jesus mild, Each one has been a little child, A little child with laughing look, A lovely white unwritten book; A book that God will take, my friend, As each goes out at journey's end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/each-one-could-be-a-jesus-mild-each-one-has-been-a-little-child-a/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

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## More by John Masefield

> [What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt Held in cohesion by unresting cells, Which work they know not why, which never halt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/what-am-i-life-a-thing-of-watery-salt-held-in-cohesion-by-unresting/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/men-in-a-ship-are-always-looking-up-and-men-ashore-are-usually/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [I have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/i-have-seen-dawn-and-sunset-on-moors-and-windy-hills-coming-in-solemn/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [I must go down to the sea again For the call of the running tide It's a wild call and a clear call that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/i-must-go-down-to-the-sea-again-for-the-call-of-the-running-tide-it-s/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/it-s-hard-not-to-be-able-there-look-there-i-cannot-get-the-movement/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/quinquireme-of-nineveh-from-distant-ophir-rowing-home-to-haven-in/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/only-the-road-and-the-dawn-the-sun-the-wind-and-the-rain-and-the/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [Life's battle is a conquest for the strong; The meaning shows in the defeated thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/life-s-battle-is-a-conquest-for-the-strong-the-meaning-shows-in-the/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/since-the-printing-press-came-into-being-poetry-has-ceased-to-be-the/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [When the last sea is sailed and last shallow charted, When the last field is reaped and the last harvest stored, When the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/when-the-last-sea-is-sailed-and-last-shallow-charted-when-the-last/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [“Most roads lead men homewards, My road leads forth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/most-roads-lead-men-homewards-my-road-leads-forth/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/it-s-a-warm-wind-the-west-wind-full-of-birds-cries/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [When Life knocks at the door no one can wait, When Death makes his arrest we have to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/when-life-knocks-at-the-door-no-one-can-wait-when-death-makes-his/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [God dropped a spark down into everyone, And if we find and fan it to a blaze, It'll spring up and glow, like--like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/god-dropped-a-spark-down-into-everyone-and-if-we-find-and-fan-it-to-a/)

[John Masefield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-masefield/)

> [State are not made, nor patched; they grow; Grow slow through centuries of pain, And grow correctly in the main; But only grow by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-masefield/state-are-not-made-nor-patched-they-grow-grow-slow-through-centuries/)

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