John Masefield
John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967, during which time he lived at Burcot, Oxfordshire, near Abingdon-on-Thames. Among his best known works are the children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and the poems "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever". Shortly after his death his house (Burcote Brook) burned down and was later replaced by a Cheshire Home named after him.
Genre: spoken-word
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Top Tracks
- Sea Fever
- Sea Fever - TTB
- The Coming of Christ, H. 170: Narration "Hail, Little Captain"
- The Coming of Christ, H. 170: Narration "Draw Hear to a Side"
- The Coming of Christ, H. 170: Narration "I am King Baltasar the Fierce"
- The Coming of Christ, H. 170: Narration "I Strengthen You"
- The Coming of Christ, H. 170: Narration “I Bring the Power of God"
- Cargoes (Remastered 2014)
- Cargoes
- Trade Winds
- Sea Fever
- Vagabond
- On Growing Old
- Sea Fever
- A Prayer for King and Country
- Captain Stratton's Fancy
- Two Poems by John Masefield: 2. Sorrow o' Mydath
- Two Poems by John Masefield: 1. An Old Song, Resung, A. 56
- 3 Masefield Ballads: 3. The Vagabond
- 3 Masefield Ballads: 2. The Bells of San Marie
Albums (22)
- Hidden Pathways (ECM Style Jazz) (2025)
- The Jolly Roger (2023)
- 10 Hits of Peter Dawson (2023)
- A Surrey Lad, Vol 2: More English Songs (2022)
- A Surrey Lad, Vol 1: Eight English Songs (2022)
- Sea Fever (2022)
- The Songs of Charles Tomlinson Griffes (2022)
- Emerging Voices (2021)
- The Children's Hour (2021)
- The Artist's Secret (2021)
- Greek Muse (2020)
- Whither Must I Wander (2020)
- A Fox's Day (A Special Adaptation Of Reynard The Fox) (2016)
- This Other Eden: A Landscape of English Poetry and Song (2015)
- British Poets, Historic Readings Volume One (2014)
- Broken Contact (2013)
- Leo - Music by the Great Leos (2013)
- Holst: The Coming of Christ & Other Works (2011)
- Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939 (2008)
- Vagabond (2005)
- England'S Favourite Poems (2004)
- John Masefield Reads His Poetry (1977)
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