Man cannot call the brimming instant back; 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 timepeopleinteresting Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die. John Masefield diesdoorsdeath Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind. John Masefield sailingweathertwo 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 motherheartfather 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 fateand-lovedone 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 growthsoulyears Each one could be a Jesus mild, John Masefield bookchildrenjesus 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 inspirationplaymen 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 flysickspeakhome
