4 Quotes By John Masefield


Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.
John Masefield on beauty

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.
John Masefield on poetry

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man it has become the amusement and delight of the few.
John Masefield on poetry

They change, and we, who pass like foam,<
John Masefield on change