Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes CBE was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright, best known for his ballads, "The Highwayman" and "The Barrel-Organ"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 September 1880
cloudy ghostly moon seas
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas
moon doors wind
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding-- Riding--riding-- The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
moon two bud
Bring the buds of the hazel-copse, Where two lovers kissed at noon; Bring the crushed red wild-thyme tops Where they murmured under the moon....