Alfred Noyes

Alfred Noyes's famous poem still has the power to thrill us as we read the story of the highwayman and his doomed love for Bess, the landlord's black-eyed daughter. Charles Keeping's stunning illustrations won this book the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1982.

The Highwayman

The Highway Man

The Highwayman (Visions in Poetry)

An enduringly popular poem in a beautifully illustrated edition for children.

This early work of poetry is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a collection of poems by English poet Alfred Noyes. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in the history of English poetry. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Collected Poems of Alfred Noyes -

Drake. The enchanted island. New poems

Collected Poems

Early poems

Originally published in 1912, this book contains an excellent collection of poetry by the much-loved English poet Alfred Noyes, best known for his ballads 'The Highwayman' and 'The Barrel-Organ'. Many of these earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Collected Poems of Alfred Noyes - Vol. II - Drake, the Enchanted Island, New Poems

Collected Poems: The flower of old Japan. The progress of love. The forest of wild thyme. Drake

For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog.

Collected Poems: Enchanted island and other poems. New poems. Sherwood. Tales of the Mermaid tavern. New poems: Watchword of the fleet, etc

Open Boats

Originally published in 1908, this is, 'A Book of Faery Poems Giving Glimpses of the World Beyond the Casement'. The book contains nearly 400 pages of fairy poems, some well-known, some previously unseen, all by great writers of their time. The book is illustrated throughout by delightful pen and ink drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: The Fairy Life - Witches' Cauldrons and Blasted Heaths - Come Unto These Yellow Sands - Flower-Fairies - Enchanted Woods - Airy Mountain and Rushy Glen - The Fairy Voyager - Last Echoes

The Magic Casement - An Anthology of Fairy Poetry

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

A Cantata for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra

A Tale of Old Japan

Tales of the Mermaid Tavern

The Loom of Years

This vintage book contains Alfred Noyes’s 1915 collection of poetry, "The Lord Of Misrule And Other Poems". This fantastic volume is recommended for all lovers of poetry, and it constitutes a veritable must-read for fans of Noyes’s beautiful work. The poems of this collection include: “The Lord of Misrule”, “The Repeal”, “The Search-Lights”, “Forward”, “A Spell”, “Crimson Sails”, “Blind Moone of London”, “Old Grey Squirrel”, “The Great North Road”, “The River of Stars”, “A Knight of Old Japan”, “The Strange Guest”, “Ghosts”, “The Day of Remembrance”, etcetera. Alfred Noyes (1880 - 1958) was an English playwright, poet, and writer of short-stories. He is most remembered for his ballads "The Highwayman" and "The Barrel-Organ". Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Alfred Noyes

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