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
again personal revelation solemn warning
At the end of Revelation there is again that solemn insistence on the personal testimony, and even more solemn warning to those who would impugn it.
bar hell thee though wait watch
Wait for me by moonlight, watch for me by moonlight, I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.
acts associates john luke peter
St. Luke again associates St. John with St. Peter in the Acts of the Apostles, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples.
thinking two venture
Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John.
distance men order
At a certain stage in his evolution, man himself had been able to lay hold upon a higher order of things, which raised him above the level of the beasts that perish, and enabled him to see, at least in the distance, the shining towers of the City of God.
way bars hell
I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.
christmas soul birth
Only in souls the Christ is brought to birth, And there He lives and dies.
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....
love-is proud world
Outlawed, but not alone, for Love Is outlawed, too. You cannot banish us, proud world: We banish you.
life song lying
Heart of my heart, the world is young; Love lies hidden in every rose! Every song that the skylark sung Once, we thought, must come to a close: Now we know the spirit of song, Song that is merged in the chant of the whole, Hand in hand as we wander along, What should we doubt of the years that roll?
life lying heart
We have come by curious ways To the Light that holds the days; We have sought in haunts of fear For that all-enfolding sphere: And lo! it was not far, but near. We have found, O foolish-fond, The shore that has no shore beyond. Deep in every heart it lies With its untranscended skies; For what heaven should bend above Hearts that own the heaven of love?
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.
book eye soul
This outer world is but the pictured scroll Of worlds within the soul; A colored chart, a blazoned missal-book, Whereon who rightly look May spell the splendors with their mortal eyes, And steer to Paradise.
easter strange resurrection
Luke associates John with Peter in Acts, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples.