“This invigorating book.... There is the strong joy of living in Mr. Masefield’s poems—the open air and country, and peace. These ballads are not mere songs of seafaring and adventure, and the hope in wild enterprise which dawns for the imagined but never seen buccaneer. But Mr. Masefield is something more. He seems not only to have experienced, but even to have reflected.”—Daily News.
“Mr. Masefield has achieved a unique position.... Other poets may be more finished and perfect in form, but he possesses something far more valuable than technique. He has his own way of looking at life and a style that is in consequence quite natural and yet strikingly personal.”—Outlook.
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BALLADS AND POEMS
Includes pieces from “Salt Water Ballads,” now out of print.
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