John Masefield Quotes

The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.

~ John Masefield

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.

~ John Masefield

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.

~ John Masefield

Christmas ought to be brought up to date,” Maria said. “It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.

~ John Masefield

But Time and Tide and Buttered Eggs wait for no man.

~ John Masefield

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......

~ John Masefield

An art in which the artist by means of rhythm and great sincerity can convey to others the sentiment which he feels about life.

~ John Masefield

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.

~ John Masefield

Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

~ John Masefield