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John Edward Masefield quotes (9) His face was filled with broken commandments. John Edward Masefield Category: Commandments The days that make us happy make us wise. John Edward Masefield Category: Day I must down to the seas again to the lonely sea and the sky And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by And the wheels kick and the winds song and the white sails shaking And a gray mist on the seas face and a gray dawn breaking. John Edward Masefield Category: Quiet Its a warm wind the west wind full of birds cries. John Edward Masefield Category: Unsorted Life is a long headache in a noisy street. John Edward Masefield Category: Life Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine With a cargo of ivory And apes and peacocks Sandalwood cedarwood and sweet white wine. John Edward Masefield Category: Ship In this life he laughs longest who laughs last. John Edward Masefield Category: Get Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it. John Edward Masefield Category: Praise And he who gives a child a treat Makes joy-bells ring in Heaven's street And he who gives a child a home Builds palaces in Kingdom come And she who gives a baby birth Brings Saviour Christ again to Earth. John Edward Masefield Category: Children |
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