John Masefield Quotes
All the great things of life are swiftly done, Creation, death, and love the double gate. However much we dawdle in the sun We have to hurry at the touch of Fate.
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 the sea of death. For death takes toll Of beauty, courage, youth, Of all but Truth.
People who leave their own time out of their work cannot be surprised if their time fails to find them interesting.
I have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.
Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once a minute something generous dies for want of it.
An art in which the artist by means of rhythm and great sincerity can convey to others the sentiment which he feels about life.
I must go 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.
I must go down to the sea...to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by......
Christmas ought to be brought up to date, ” Maria said. “It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.
I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, that cannot be denied!
I have seen flowers come in stony placesAnd kind things done by men with ugly faces, And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust, too.
