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John Masefield
16 quotes
“I have seen flowers come in stony places And 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 (1878–1967) first seen 1863 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Epiloque", often anthologised, including by Sir Christopher Ricks in The Oxford Book of English Verse (1999). Cp. Alfred Tennyson, "Flower in the Crannied Wall" (1863)
“I must 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, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) first seen 1902 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This is the original version of 1902. In later versions, the author inserted the word 'go' ("I must go down to the seas again").
“And in the ghostly palm-trees the sleepy tune Of the quiet voice calling me, the long low croon Of the steady Trade Winds blowing.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 sweet white wine.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Out beyond the sunset, could I but find the way, Is a sleepy blue laguna which widens to a bay, And there's the Blessed City -- so the sailors say -- The Golden City of St. Mary.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 comes from the west lands, the old brown hills, And April's in the west wind, and daffodils.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Will you not come home, brother? you have been long away, It's April, and blossom time, and white is the spray; And bright is the sun, brother, and warm is the rain, - Will you not come home, brother, home to us again?”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The moon came white and ghostly as we laid the treasure down, There was gear there’d make a beggarman as rich as Lima Town, Copper charms and silver trinkets from the chests of Spanish crews, Gold doubloons and double moidores, louis d’ors and portagues”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French, And some’ll swallow tay and stuff fit only for a wench; But I’m for right Jamaica till I roll beneath the bench, Says the old bold mate of Henry Morgan.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the dark womb where I began My mother's life made me a man. Through all the months of human birth Her beauty fed my common earth. I cannot see, nor breathe, nor stir, But through the death of some of her.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What have I done, or tried, or said In thanks to that dear woman dead? Men triumph over women still, Men trample women's rights at will, And man's lust roves the world untamed. * * * * O grave, keep shut lest I be shamed.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From '41 to '51 I was my folk's contrary son; I bit my father's hand right through And broke my mother's heart in two.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My blood did leap, my flesh did revel, Saul Kane was tokened to the devil.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I, who am dead, have ways of knowing Of the crop of death that the quick are sowing. I, who was Pompey, cry it aloud From the dark of death, from the wind blowing. I, who was Pompey, once was proud, Now I lie in the sand without a shroud; I cry to Caesar out of my pain, "Caesar beware, your death is vowed.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Then watchers of the life of man will know How spirits quickened in this ended reign, Till what was centuries stagnant 'gan to flow And what was centuries fettered moved again; How with this Ruler entered into rest The country's very self from slumber stirred, To charity as guide and hope as guestAnd ventured to a nobler marching word.”
John Masefield (1878–1967) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Arthur Groom, Edward The Eighth: Our King (1936). Masefield was Poet Laureate at the time.
“What is this creature, Music, save the Art, The Rhythm that the planets journey by? The living Sun-Ray entering the heart, Touching the Life with that which cannot die?”
John Masefield (1878–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source