Talk:John Masefield

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I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sails's shaking, And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking.

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I must down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

Sea Fever from Salt Water Ballads

I'm not sure who the above comment was from, but I agree: (1) I don't think that it is the job of an encyclopedia to archive poetry (however lovely) and (2) there is already a link to a page where the poems are archived, so no harm can come from not having them. I will take the liberty of removing the poems. --Adam Brink 12:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] cite check tag added

Most of the references go to the first page of an online biography. Something more reliable should be found, and, until it is, the cite should link to the actual page supporting the citation, NOT the first page. This would aid in verifying the information.--Vidkun 14:21, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

I've added the names and birthdates of Masefield's two children, and added a reference. How do you change the [1] thing that appears in the 'Notes' section? Nonagonal Spider 03:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Amendments to List of Works

I have tinkered with the list of works. There was a general list of works and then sub-headings of poetry, novels, plays etc with works in. I have moved the works around so that they are categorised.

In Constance Babington Smith's 'John Masefield: A Life', 1978 there is a fairly full biblography. I have used this as the source for the expanded list of novels. I propose to use this for further expansions of this section. I notice that other poets and authors have fairly extensive biblography details. Masefield was very prolific so it may take some time.

GraemeMoughan 13:16, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Who is Trilby?

While disambiguating the authors, I made a (reckless) assumption that Trilby was W. N. Ewer. If someone with more knowledge could verify that, it would be cool. -- Ccady 22:30, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Books by John Masefield

In the list of Jom Masefield's books 2 are omitted they are:

1."New Chum" which is his story of his first term aboard HMS Conway as a Cadet.

2. "The Conway" this is his history of HMS Conway and was first published in about 1931, and a second but up to date edition was published about 1952

Hope this helps David G Fletcher Rogers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.90.129 (talk) 15:45, 22 September 2007 (UTC)