Alfred Noyes Quotes (9 Quotes)

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.

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.

A thousand creeds and battle cries, A thousand warring social schemes, A thousand new moralities And twenty thousand, thousand dreams.

Look for me by moonlight Watch for me by moonlight I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.

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.

The Three Ships As I went up the mountain-side The sea below me glitter'd wide, And, Eastward, far away, I spied On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day, The three great ships that take the tide On Christmas Day in the morning. Ye have heard the song, how thes.

At the end of Revelation there is again that solemn insistence on the personal testimony, and even more solemn warning to those who would impugn it.

Tlot-tlot in the echoing night!

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.