{"product_id":"salt-water-poems-and-ballads-classic-reprint","title":"Salt-Water Poems and Ballads (Classic Reprint)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Salt-Water Poems and Ballads were published in the new days of the twentieth century by a young man, newly home in Britain but freshly off a ship which arguably had been his truest home since before his eighteenth birthday. The love for the sea that John Masefield lays out in front of us is more than a simple saccharine wistfulness for the aquamarine beauty. He cares for its darkness, its perilous changeability and mercilessness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhilst many poets who deal with a life at sea focus exclusively on the swashbuckling adventure available on tropical isles in ports of anarchy, The Salt-Water Poems and Ballads take in this element along with the accidents, the fears and the comfort of the routine in the midst of danger. Masefield cherishes even the darker moments beneath the 'cold skies'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'When the rising moon was a copper disc and the sea was a strip of steel, \u003cbr\u003eWe dumped him down to the swaying weeds ten fathoms beneath the keel' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems work with the full spectrum of a sailor's life, the movement, the longing and the even the superstition and folklore of a life at sea. Picture the author in a little cabin, far out on deep water. Shimmering waves and flickering lamplight as John Masefield began to reach out and call us all to go to sea, more surely than any siren or mermaid. In the author's own words \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, \u003cbr\u003eTo the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife;\u003cbr\u003eAnd all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, \u003cbr\u003eAnd quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Publisher \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-masefield-books\"\u003eJohn Masefield\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e LULU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781451000412\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LULU Press","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £754.80","offer_id":47915928944817,"sku":"SB-1451000413-C3","price":754.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1451000413.jpg?v=1789719801","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/salt-water-poems-and-ballads-classic-reprint","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}