John Masefield Quotes.

1. "The days that make us happy make us wise."
- Quote by John Masefield

2. "The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles."
- Quote by John Masefield

3. "Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain, And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again."
- Quote by John Masefield

4. "I have seen flowers come in stony places And kind things done by men with ugly faces, And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust, too."
- Quote by John Masefield

5. "All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by."
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6. "Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down."
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7. "I must go down to the sea...to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by......"
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8. "The Thames is a wretched river after the Mersey and the ships are not like Liverpool ships and the docks are barren of beauty ... it is a beastly hole after Liverpool; for Liverpool is the town of my heart and I would rather sail a mudflat there than command a clipper out of London"
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9. "Beauty you lifted up my sleeping eye And filled my heart with longing with a look."
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10. "Most roads lead men homewards, My road leads forth."
- Quote by John Masefield