101 Quotes by John Masefield

I have seen the Lady April bringing the daffodils, Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.

Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind.

Love is a flame to burn out human wills, Love is a flame to set the will on fire, Love is a flame to cheat men into mire.

All ye that pass by! While we least think it he prepares his Mate. Mate, and the King's pawn played, it never ceases, Though all the earth is dust of taken pieces.

It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries.

The Lord who gave us Earth and Heaven Takes that as thanks for all He's given. The book he lent is given back All blotted red and smutted black.

My road leads me seawards To the white dipping sails.

I have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

All the great things of life are swiftly done, Creation, death, and love the double gate. However much we dawdle in the sun We have to hurry at the touch of Fate.