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...speaks a character in his latest collection of poems. But Death had better not try to gatecrash Britain's John Masefield, who at 86 has plenty more to say and intends to say it. In London to accept a $7,000 prize from the National Book League, Britain's poet laureate (official salary: $272 per annum) allowed in a tense shout: "I am still writing, and I hope to write better some day. At 86, some of the cobwebs have been knocked away, and the scene becomes grander. Much more majestic are those fables that await retelling...
...Royal Highness Prince Philip, 42, Duke of Edinburgh: their fourth child, third son (third in line to the succession); in Buckingham Palace; an event that sent a 41-gun salute echoing across London, spliced Royal Navy mainbraces the world over, brought forth one of Poet Laureate John Masefield's instant odes, bidding...
...bouquet is obtained by steeping 200 snakes, five civets and ten storks in a vat of rice wine. Administered daily, explained its maker, D.T. & P. will keep Mr. and Mrs. Ogilvy in good health, make their marriage happy and, for good measure, preserve them from rheumatism. Poet Laureate John Masefield put it more elegantly, without wine...
Died. John Ireland. 82, gentle, white-haired English composer of songs, chamber, piano and organ music, anthems and orchestral pieces, who put poems to music (his most popular: from Masefield's Sea-Fever) but shied away from longer works because "you must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony"; after a long illness; in Washington, Sussex, England...
Lamp Unto My Feet (CBS, 10-10:30 a.m.). Britain's Stanley Holloway reads from Poet Laureate John Masefield's The Everlasting Mercy...