Enough of dreams! No longer mock Alfred Noyes More Quotes by Alfred Noyes More Quotes From Alfred Noyes Oh, grown-ups cannot understand, And grown-ups never will, How short the way to fairyland Across the purple hill. Alfred Noyes purplehillsway Heart of my heart, the world is young; Alfred Noyes heartlifelying There’s a magic in the distance, where the sea-line meets the sky. Alfred Noyes distanceseasky Happy, happy, happy for all that God hath done, Glad of all the little leaves dancing in the sun. Alfred Noyes dancingdonelittles 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 tollstowersflower Heart of my heart, we are one with the wind, Alfred Noyes cloudsheartlife Your dreamers may dream it Alfred Noyes firedreamlife 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 eyesoulbook Outlawed, but not alone, for Love Is outlawed, too. You cannot banish us, proud world: We banish you. Alfred Noyes proudlove-isworld 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 moondoorswind 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 venturetwothinking Your God still walks in Eden, between the ancient trees, Alfred Noyes springlifefall I'll come to thee by moonlight, Alfred Noyes hellbarsway 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 memoriesfatherreality 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 epicsciencefall 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 distancemenorder Luke associates John with Peter in Acts, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples. Alfred Noyes resurrectionstrangeeaster 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 thymemoontwo We have come by curious ways Alfred Noyes heartlifelying Only in souls the Christ is brought to birth, Alfred Noyes birthchristmassoul
