101 Quotes by John Masefield

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song. / Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.

Success is the brand on the brow of a man who has aimed too low.

My race being run, I love to watch the race

Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

I must down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life,To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's o

I must down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide / Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.

Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die.

And may we find when ended is the page, Death but a tavern on our pilgrimage.

The corn that makes the holy bread By which the soul of man is fed, The holy bread, the food unpriced, Thy everlasting mercy, Christ.