John Masefield Quotes


God dropped a spark down into everyone, And if we find and fan it to a blaze, It'll spring up and glow, like--like the sun, And light the wandering out of stony ways.


Citations

Masefield, John. The Widow in the Bye Street. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1912, p. 40.

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John Masefield
John Masefield
  • Born: June 1, 1878
  • Died: May 12, 1967
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet

John Edward Masefield OM was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and the poems The Everlasting Mercy and "Sea-Fever".