Alfred Noyes CBE (16 September 1880 – 25 June 1958) was an English poet, best known for his ballads, "The Highwayman" and "The Barrel-Organ".
Read more about Alfred Noyes: Early Years, First Marriage and America, War, Middle Years, Second Marriage and Catholicism, The Torch-Bearers, The Last Man, Later Years, The Accusing Ghost, Death
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“Yes; as the music changes,
Like a prismatic glass,
It takes the light and ranges
Through all the moods that pass;”
—Alfred Noyes (1880–1958)
“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 (1880–1958)