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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“she cannot understand
What she wants or why she wanders to that undiscovered land,
For the parties there are not at all the sort of thing she planned,
In the land where the dead dreams go.”
—Alfred Noyes (1880–1958)
“Once more La Traviata sighs
Another sadder song:
Once more Il Trovatore cries
A tale of deeper wrong;”
—Alfred Noyes (1880–1958)