Masefield

Famous quotes containing the word masefield:

    Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir
    Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,
    —John Masefield (1878–1967)

    But gathering as we stray, a sense
    Of Life, so lovely and intense,
    It lingers when we wander hence,

    That those who follow feel behind
    Their backs, when all before is blind,
    Our joy, a rampart to the mind.
    —John Masefield (1878–1967)

    I must down to the seas again for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.
    —John Masefield (1874–1967)