Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.

Quote by John Masefield

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I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky;...

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky;...

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of...

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of...

Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who...

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who...

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who...

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who...

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense,...

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense,...

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But...

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But...

Sex ran in him like the sea

Sex ran in him like the sea

In this life he laughs longest who laughs last.

In this life he laughs longest who laughs last.

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

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

It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy...

It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy...

The luck will alter and the star will rise.

The luck will alter and the star will rise.