John Masefield's Quotes

Born: 1970-01-01
Profession: Poet
Nation: English
Biography of John Masefield
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 star to steer her by.
Tags: Again, Her, LonelyCommonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.
Tags: Cannot, Dare, TragedyOnce in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.
Tags: May, Once, PraisePoetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.
Tags: Few, Poetry, SenseIt is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?
Tags: After, Home, Sick