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A classic poem about a doomed romance between a highwayman and a landlord's daughter. Read the full text, analysis, and historical context of this Victorian ballad.
The Highwayman" is a romantic ballad and narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, first published in the August 1906 issue of Blackwood's Magazine, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The following year it was included in Noyes' collection, Forty Singing Seamen and Other Poems , becoming an immediate success.
A classic ballad about a doomed lover and a highwayman who meet by moonlight and die for each other. Read the full poem, its themes, poetic form, and historical context.
- Female
- October 9, 1995
- Poetry Analyst And Editor
And still of 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 ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, A highwayman comes riding—. Riding—riding—. A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door. Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark ...
The Highwaymen's official music video for 'Highwayman'. Click to listen to The Highwaymen on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/THSpot?IQid=THHAs featured on Highwa...
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Aug 23, 2016 · Welcome to the Barrow Bookstore Audio Series. Join us for a reading of the complete narrative poem "The Highwayman" by poet and writer Alfred Noyes. Tune: "M...
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The Highwayman is an American action-adventure-themed television series starring Sam J. Jones, set in "the near future." It was created by Glen A. Larson and Douglas Heyes . The pilot aired in September 1987 and was followed by a short-lived series of nine episodes, with significant changes to the cast and format, that ran from March until May ...
