Salt Water Ballads

Download or read book Salt-water Ballads written by John Masefield and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Salt-water Poems and Ballads written by John Masefield and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each ballad is an ode to the sea and the men who dedicate their lives to it.

Download or read book Ballads and Poems written by John Masefield and published by London : E. Mathews. This book was released on 1918 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Box of Delights written by John Masefield and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to go home for Christmas and finds himself under observation by two very shifty-looking characters. Arriving at his destination, the boy is immediately accosted by a bright-eyed old man with a mysterious message: “The wolves are running.” Soon danger is everywhere, as a gang of criminals headed by the notorious wizard Abner Brown and his witch wife Sylvia Daisy Pouncer gets to work. What does Abner Brown want? The magic box that the old man has entrusted to Kay, which allows him to travel freely not only in space but in time, too. The gang will stop at nothing to carry out their plan, even kidnapping Kay’s friend, the tough little Maria Jones, and threatening to cancel Christmas celebrations altogether. But with the help of his allies, including an intrepid mouse, a squadron of Roman soldiers, the legendary Herne the Hunter, and the inventor of the Box of Delights himself, Kay just may be able rescue his friend, foil Abner Brown’s plot, and save Christmas, too. At once a thriller, a romp, and a spellbinding fantasy, The Box of Delights is a great English children’s book and a perfect Christmas treat.

Download or read book Sea-Fever written by John Masefield and published by Carcanet Classics. This book was released on 2023-12-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Sea-Fever' remains one of the most popular poems of the last century, and John Masefield one of the most popular poets, a superb spinner of yarns and ballads of tall ships, exotic seas, of the deep-rooted life of rural England, and of the great narratives of Troy and Arthurian legend. This book includes his most popular poems and a few previously uncollected rarities. All share Masefield's love of particular lives: he draws the reader into his stories with an incomparable music of language. This is a representative selection of the poems, in chronological sequence spanning his long career. The editor also provides a full introduction to his work.

Download or read book Ballads written by John Masefield and published by London : E. Mathews, 903.. This book was released on 1903 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Everlasting Mercy written by John Masefield and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: