Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.
Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.
John Masefield Novelist
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: England
- Born: Jun 1878
- Died: May 12, 1967
John Edward Masefield, OM was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and poems, including "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever".