Description: 1923. Poet, novelist, dramatist and journalist, Masefield's literary career was a varied one. He went to sea as a youth and his first volumes of poems earned him the title of Poet of the Sea. He was a prolific writer, publishing poetry and novels as well as taking on editorial tasks. In 1930 he became Poet Laureate, a post he retained until his death 37 years later. This volume contains the poems King Cole and The Dream and a few other poems. Masefield writes that King Cole is a legendary figure, best known by a nursery rhyme. In his poem he writes of him as a spiritual force wandering the world helping those in need, because he believes that the spirits of good people live thus after their lives on earth. The poem, The Dream, is based upon one of Masefield's actual dreams and was written as a tribute to the late Charles Daniel. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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