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Born in June 1, 1878 / Died in May 12, 1967 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by John Masefield

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Night Is On The Downland

... On the hills where the wind goes over sheep-bitten turf, ...

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Sea Change

...   They fishes, they never stands watches, they waggle their wings ...

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One of the Bo'sun's Yarns

... 'Then the mate came dancin' on to the scene, 'n' he says, "Now quit yer chin, ...

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On Eastnor Knoll

... A bright white star blinks, the pale moon rounds, but ...

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The Seekers

... But the dolorous town where mourners are going about the street ...

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Sonnet II

... Have you for peace, that not the whole war's thunder, ...

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A Wanderer's Song

... To a windy, tossing anchorage where yawls and ketches ride, ...

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Beauty

... Are her voice, and her hair, and eyes, and the dear red curve of her lips ...

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By a Bier-Side

...   Death drifts the brain with dust and soils the young limbs' glory, ...

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Reynard the Fox - Part 1

... His tanned, drawn cheeks looked old and hollowed, ...

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Fragments

... The dream that fires man's heart to make, ...

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Sea Fever

... To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife ...

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Cargoes

... Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, ...

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The West Wind

... I've a balm for bruised hearts, brother, sleep for aching eyes," ...

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A Ballad of John Silver

... Then the dead men fouled the scuppers and the wounded filled the chains, ...