Selected poems by john masefield free ebook project gutenberg. Masefield was appointed british poet laureate in 1930. Saltwater poems and ballads by masefield, john, 1878. He is remembered as the author of the classic childrens novels the midnight folk and the box of delights, and poems, including the everlasting mercy and seafever. John edward masefield om was an english poet and writer, and the poet laureate of the.
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