The Highwayman
"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."In Alfred Noyes's thrilling poem, charged with drama and tension, we ride with the highwayman and recoil from the terrible fate that befalls...
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"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."In Alfred Noyes's thrilling poem, charged with drama and tension, we ride with the highwayman and recoil from the terrible fate that befalls him and his sweetheart Bess, the landlord's daughter. The vivid imagery of the writing is matched by Charles Keeping's haunting illustrations which won him the Kate Greenaway Medal. This new edition features rescanned artwork to capture the breath-taking detail of Keeping's illustrations and a striking new cover.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780192794420 (0192794426)
ASIN: 0192794426
Publish date: 2015-03-01
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Classics,
Paranormal,
Academic,
Literature,
Read For School,
Romance,
Classic Literature,
Poetry,
Picture Books,
Gothic,
Ghosts
bookshelves: autumn-2010, poetry, published-1906 Read on October 06, 2010 Nation's Favourite Poems: 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes features in a 1996 nationwide poll compilation.From wiki - First published in the August 1906 issue of Blackwood's Magazine. The following year, it was included in...
As I am starting to write this review I am listening to "All Soul's Night" by Loreena McKennitt, which is fitting because she is the reason why I read this poem. I find it impossible to talk about this poem without talking about her. She's great; she's a bard.I first encountered her poem on the fi...
Nation's Favourite Poems: 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes features in a 1996 nationwide poll compilation.From wiki - First published in the August 1906 issue of Blackwood's Magazine. The following year, it was included in Noyes' collection, Forty Singing Seamen and Other Poems. It was an immediate ...
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