This book might be the single biggest factor in my daughter's fascination with the macabre and spooky. The Highwayman came riding, up to the old inn door. The Road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, The Moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. The Wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. "The Highwayman suggested to me one blustery night when the sound of the wind in the pines gave me the first line": Noyes got the inspiration for the poem while staying in a cottage on Bagshot Heath, then part of Windsor Forest. In the 1990's the BBC rated it 15th on their list of "The Nations Favorite Poems". The Moon Alfred Noyes poem was first published in 1906 and was an instant success, and it has remained a favorite for over 100 years. "The Highwayman suggested to me one blustery night when the sound of the wind in the pines gave me the first line": The Wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. Alfred Noyes poem was first published in 1906 and was an instant success, and it has remained a favorite for over 100 years.
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