Alfred Noyes (16 September 1880 – 25 June 1958 / Wolverhamton)

How I love this poem, Have loved it since I was about 8. I used to stand in the lounge and recite it to my parents many times. Fortunately my stepmother stll loves it also

what a wonderful romantic tale, that many an inn in england would like to be attached too.x

I saw this old house yesterday and I told my friend this house I could imagine being the Inn to which The Highwayman 'clattered and clashed'. I started to recite the poem which I had to memorize oh so many years ago! I have loved this poem all of my life and I am so happy to have found it at last! ! Wonderful.

This is one of the best poems I've ever read about the sacrifice one is willing to give for their own true love. It also evokes the romantic allure of the free spirited thief of yesterday and today.

This has been my favorite poem most of my life, ever since I read it as a child in a book of illustrated poems. Now, when I read it aloud, which I do once in awhile, on a Saturday morning, in brings tears to my eyes. Maybe it's a past life thing. The words of Noyes make me see the action, like a movie in my mind. Lovely.

I have loved this poem since I was a little girl. It is beautiful and tragic.

Wow, I didn't realise this was actually a poem, I'd only heard the words as a Celtic-style song. I like it even more now! ! !

Ah! Yes, The Highwayman evokes deep feelings of nostalgia within me. I studied it and loved it as part of my High School English studies in 1959 at Bowen, North Queensland, Australia.

I came across this poem in a book I found in the local library and I thought it was one of the greatest poems I'd ever read, one of my favourites.

I have loved this poem since the first time I read it at about age 10. It is a haunting love story painted with vivid, visual words.