In the power and splendor of the universe, inspiration waits for the millions to come. Man has only to strive for it. Poems greater than the Iliad, plays greater than Macbeth, stories more engaging than Don Quixote await their seeker and finder.
John MasefieldI must go down to the sea again For the call of the running tide It's a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.
John MasefieldI must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.
John MasefieldPeople who leave their own time out of their work cannot be surprised if their time fails to find them interesting.
John MasefieldThe distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.
John MasefieldSo death obscures your gentle form, So memory strives to make the darkness bright; And, in that heap of rocks, your body lies, Part of the island till the planet ends, My gentle comrade, beautiful and wise, Part of this crag this bitter surge offends, While I, who pass, a little obscure thing, War with this force, and breathe, and am its king.
John Masefield