page_title: The Everlasting Mercy
hierarchical_section_title: The Everlasting Mercy
caption_attribution_description: The everlasting-mercy-first-edition title page
context_page_description: The Everlasting Mercy is a poem by John Masefield, the UK's second longest-serving poet laureate.
  It was published in 1911, and is styled as the confession of a man who has turned from sin to Christianity. The work that first made Masefield famous, it shocked early 20th century British sensibilities with its direct, honest, and therefore often harsh language, as the life of protagonist violent, drunken womanizer Saul Kane is laid out in detail.
context_section_description: The Everlasting Mercy is a poem by John Masefield, the UK's second longest-serving poet laureate.
  It was published in 1911, and is styled as the confession of a man who has turned from sin to Christianity. The work that first made Masefield famous, it shocked early 20th century British sensibilities with its direct, honest, and therefore often harsh language, as the life of protagonist violent, drunken womanizer Saul Kane is laid out in detail.
caption: Cover of the first edition
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