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Alfred Noyes quotes

English Poet September 16, 1880 – June 28, 1958

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Alfred Noyes quote: "Love is in the greenwood, dawn is in the skies, And Marian is..."
Love is in the greenwood, dawn is in the skies, And Marian is waiting with a glory in her eyes. Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes quote: "...love lies hidden in every rose..."
...love lies hidden in every rose... Alfred Noyes
And still on a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, When the road is a gypsy's ribbon looping the purple moor, The highwayman comes riding-- Riding--riding-- The highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door. Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard, He taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and barred, He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there But the... Alfred Noyes
One kiss, my bonny sweetheart; I'm after a prize tonight, But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light. Yet if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, Then look for me by moonlight, Watch for me by moonlight, I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way. Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes quote: "Oh, grown-ups cannot understand, And grown-ups never will, How..."
Oh, grown-ups cannot understand, And grown-ups never will, How short the way to fairyland. Across the purple hill. Alfred Noyes
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. Alfred Noyes
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. Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes quote: "The universe is neither centered on earth nor the sun. It is..."
The universe is neither centered on earth nor the sun. It is centered on God. Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes quote: "The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas."
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. Alfred Noyes
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. Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes quote: "I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way."
I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way. Alfred Noyes
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. Alfred Noyes

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