I must go down to the sea again For the call of the running tide It's a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied. John Masefield More Quotes by John Masefield More Quotes From John Masefield People who leave their own time out of their work cannot be surprised if their time fails to find them interesting. John Masefield time people interesting Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die. John Masefield dies doors death Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind. John Masefield sailing weather two From '41 to '51I was my folk's contrary son;I bit my father's hand right throughAnd broke my mother's heart in two. John Masefield mother heart father 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. John Masefield fate and-love done The social states of human kinds Are made by multitudes of minds, And after multitudes of years A little human growth appears Worth having, even to the soul Who sees most plain it's not the whole. John Masefield growth soul years Each one could be a Jesus mild, John Masefield book children jesus In the power and splendor of the universe, inspiration waits for the millions to come. Man has only to strive for it. Poems greater than the Iliad, plays greater than Macbeth, stories more engaging than Don Quixote await their seeker and finder. John Masefield inspiration play men It 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? John Masefield fly sick speak home
