Best John Masefield Quotes
- But he has gone, A nation's memory and veneration, Among the radiant, ever venturing on, Somewhere, with morning, as such spirits will. Among
- 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 may… Call
- Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult. Cannot Exult
- Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and… Apes
- Man with his burning soul Has but an hour of breath To build a ship of Truth In which his soul may sail- Sail on… All
- So death obscures your gentle form, So memory strives to make the darkness bright; And, in that heap of rocks, your body lies, Part of… Beautiful
- O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower… Agen
- The corn that makes the holy bread By which the soul of man is fed, The holy bread, the food unpriced, Thy everlasting mercy, Christ. Bread
- 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 sun,… Blaze
- It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes. For it… April
- The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes. Bold
- I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a… All
- All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by. All
- The days that make us happy make us wise Days
- 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. Dawn
- Life, a beauty chased by tragic laughter. Beauty
- The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles. Distant
- Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down. Always Looking
- Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind. Boat
- Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain. Beauty
- Sex ran in him like the sea Him