Word: masefields
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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William Butler Yeats has never been crowned Laureate of Ireland, but he is more truly Ireland's Bard than Masefield is England's. When a Dubliner stops his chatter and raises his right hand as if to take an oath, his companions know that he is about to quote the words of William Butler Yeats. Nearing three score and ten (he will be 70 on June 13), Poet Yeats has written enough and well enough in his long life to satisfy most men. But few poets are willing to die before their time; though his Muse...
...post requires, Poet Laureate John Masefield, onetime Manhattan saloon porter, last week cracked out with a Silver Jubilee sonnet. Text...
...JOHN MASEFIELD adopts the character of an old naval officer in "The Taking of the Gry" and chats with his readers about one of his youthful exploits. As soon as he says, "I can tell you about the 'Gry' better than most people," he keeps his audience in a close and absorbing relationship until he and his companion, Teniento Bronnay, pilot their prize safely beyond the rocky, unused channel of Santa Barbara harbor...
...Masefield must have spent several pleasant hours of relaxation when he wrote this long short story, for it is an intimate tale. Through its rambling pages runs a strong love of the sea which has produced these bold and impetuous characters. Its loose style proves an excellent way in which to bring out the force of the story. Here is an opportunity to see that a successful author and poet can also be a successful talker...
Poet Frank Ernest Hill's The Westward Star, a narrative of covered-wagon days, points to another U.S. epic that has yet to be given definitive form. Poet Hill plucks his lyre with a surer hand. Though few would compare him with Homer, many would place him close to Masefield. A wagon train bound for the West, just before the days of the gold rush, comes safely through the central prairies, then divides, some for Oregon, some for the shorter but more dangerous trail to Cali fornia. To get her daughter Celeste away from Emmet, a rough-&-ready Westerner...