“One kiss, my bonny sweetheart; I'm after a prize tonight,
But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light.
Yet if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
Then look for me by moonlight,
Watch for me by moonlight,
I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.”
The Highwayman (1907)
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Alfred Noyes 59
English poet 1880–1958Related quotes

“Moonlight making crosses
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“Each night I lie down in a graveyard of memories. Moonlight spins a shroud about me.”
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