Which poem by John Masefield begins 'Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine'?
John Masefield brief spell behind the lines. John Masefield John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until 1967. 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". Masefield was born in Ledbury in Herefordshire, to Caroline and George Masefield, a solicitor. His mother died giving birth to his sister when Masefield was only six, and he went to live with his aunt. His father died soon
The Fall of Nineveh with all his concubines inside and dies in the fire. All Nineveh is destroyed. The poem can be interpreted as praise of modern democracy. It begins: <poem style="margin-left: 2em"> Of Nineveh the mighty city of old, The queen of all the nations,—at her throne Kings worshipp'd, and from her their subject crowns, Humbly obedient, held, and on her state Submiss attended, nor such servitude Opprobrious named—from that high eminence How, like a star, she fell, and passed away,— Such the high matter of my song shall be.</poem> The Fall of Nineveh The Fall of Nineveh is a long poem in