Alfred Noyes Professions : Poet Born : September 16, 1880 Died : June 28, 1958 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by Alfred Noyes Oh, grown-ups cannot understand, And grown-ups never will, How short the way to fairyland Across the purple hill. Alfred Noyes purple hills way Heart of my heart, the world is young; Alfred Noyes heart life lying There’s a magic in the distance, where the sea-line meets the sky. Alfred Noyes distance sea sky Happy, happy, happy for all that God hath done, Glad of all the little leaves dancing in the sun. Alfred Noyes dancing done littles Beauty is a fading flower,Truth is but a wizard's tower,Where a solemn death-bell tolls,And a forest round it rolls. Alfred Noyes tolls towers flower Heart of my heart, we are one with the wind, Alfred Noyes clouds heart life Your dreamers may dream it Alfred Noyes fire dream life 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. Alfred Noyes eye soul book Outlawed, but not alone, for Love Is outlawed, too. You cannot banish us, proud world: We banish you. Alfred Noyes proud love-is world 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 moon doors wind Enough of dreams! No longer mock Alfred Noyes dream heart men 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 venture two thinking Your God still walks in Eden, between the ancient trees, Alfred Noyes spring life fall I'll come to thee by moonlight, Alfred Noyes hell bars way If ever I had any doubts about the fundamental realities of religion, they could always be dispelled by one memory- the light upon my father's face as he came back from early communion. Alfred Noyes memories father reality The story of scientific discovery has its own epic unity-a unity of purpose and endeavour-the single torch passing from hand to hand through the centuries; and the great moments of science when, after long labour, the pioneers saw their accumulated facts falling into a significant order-sometimes in the form of a law that revolutionised the whole world of thought-have an intense human interest, and belong essentially to the creative imagination of poetry. Alfred Noyes epic science fall 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 distance men order Luke associates John with Peter in Acts, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples. Alfred Noyes resurrection strange easter 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. Alfred Noyes thyme moon two We have come by curious ways Alfred Noyes heart life lying Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
