English poet, writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967 (born 1878) who is remembered for the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and numerous poems, including 'The Everlasting Mercy' and 'Sea-Fever.' Handwritten poem by John Masefield, signed and inscribed at the bottom, "For Grace H. Macurdy, from John Masefield, 16th Jan. 1916." The one-page poem, penned on an off-white 5 x 6.5 sheet of Vassar College stationery, is entitled along the top: "Stanzas from 'August, 1914,' once called 'Lollingdon Hill.'" The poem, in part: "How still this quiet valley is tonight / By an intense glow the evening falls / Bringing not darkness but a deeper light / Among the stocks a partridge covey calls." In fine condition.
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