Alfred Noyes
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
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.
St. Luke again associates St. John with St. Peter in the Acts of the Apostles, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples.
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.
There’s a magic in the distance, where the sea-line meets the sky.Collection: Distance
Oh, grown-ups cannot understand, And grown-ups never will, How short the way to fairyland Across the purple hill.Collection: Purple
Happy, happy, happy for all that God hath done, Glad of all the little leaves dancing in the sun.Collection: Dancing
Beauty is a fading flower,Truth is but a wizard's tower,Where a solemn death-bell tolls,And a forest round it rolls.Collection: Flower
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.Collection: Moon
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.Collection: Book
Outlawed, but not alone, for Love Is outlawed, too. You cannot banish us, proud world: We banish you.Collection: Love Is
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.Collection: Memories
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.Collection: Fall
Luke associates John with Peter in Acts, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples.Collection: Easter
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.Collection: Moon