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The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight looping the purple moor,
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Alfred Noyes
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Sagar Shelar (2/11/2012 9:32:00 AM)
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No words to say, no sentence to praise.
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Hayato Ono (12/16/2011 7:54:00 PM)
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An enthralling poem
Love it
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T. R. Crissian (11/29/2011 1:54:00 PM)
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Oh, how this poem is powerful! So strong with the feelings it creates.....every time I read it I shiver. Whether it's a shiver of excitement or fright I still love it! ! ! Oh, such a poem.... *sigh*
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Kate Summers (11/2/2011 3:42:00 PM)
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This poem... It gives me a shiver. A good shiver, though. The singer Loreena McKennitt put this to music, and her voice makes the words come alive. Look it up, it's amazing! I love this poem so much, one of my favourites.
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Adam whiston (7/17/2011 10:10:00 AM)
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My favourite poem... always breaks my heart when i read it.
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Sarah Taylor (2/25/2011 6:56:00 AM)
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I read this a few years ago in primary school and I loved it then, a really good poem with a really good rhythm!
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Budz Sappal (2/11/2011 6:29:00 AM)
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the poem is good and our teacher love this poem! ! !
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Threa Rae Tudas (2/10/2011 10:55:00 PM)
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The poem, HIGHWAYMAN, is one of the best poem I ever read because the story is so peculiar..Its unusual for a robber to love & court a red-lipped & black-eyed girl who he never thought would love him back more than he showed his love to Bess..I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS POEM..
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Cs Vishwanathan (1/7/2011 7:22:00 AM)
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This is one of those poems which are always remembered by every school- boy/girl who had read it. I also do. Another poem by Noyes which I remember reading is the one of Robin Hood. One of the reasons for remembering these schooldays poems is their expert versification due to which their rhythm and lilt become embedded in memory and remain part of our boyhood consciousness.
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Christopher Jones (10/7/2010 10:20:00 AM)
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I first came across this poem at the age of 9 or 10 when my junior school teacher read it out to the class. He read it to the rhythm of a horse trotting along the road and I immediately fell in love, both with the poem and with horses – not to mention highwaymen.
Two or three years later, in senior school, my new English teacher also read this poem to the class. I can only assume that this particular teacher was not very fond of English Literature, (even though this was supposed to be his subject) as he read it in a very bored, mono-syllabic voice with absolutely no rhythm or inclination whatsoever. I thanked God that I had already been aware of this poem as, if I had relied on this particular teacher, I would never have experienced the true value of such a wonderful work of art.
Now, in later life, I have heard it recited many times (always with feeling and rhythm) and I have recited it to others. It never fails to move me and, I hope, others get the same pleasure. Unlike some other contributors, I don’t mind too much about the odd word being incorrect, it does not really detract from the beauty, the sadness and the joy portrayed in Noyes’s original work.
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