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Watch for me by moonlight
Behind the scenes
Guilty pleasures come in forms other than reality TV, so here's my tribute to that rollicking narrative poem 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes and the recent perigee moon, thanks to the CAG collection and swashbuckling street artist Banksy.
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees
Denise Copland Indigenous IV 1991. Etching, aquatint. Purchased, 1993. Reproduced courtesy of Denise Copland.
Fiona Pardington The Charlotte Jane 2009. C-type photograph. Purchased, 2009
Reproduced courtesy of the artist
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas
Alfred East A Moonlit Landscape c. 1890s. Oil on canvas. Bequeathed by Hayden R I Fraser, January, 1975
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor
Banksy Highwayman (A40 'Westway'). Image source: http://aots.co.uk/blog/?s=highwayman
And the highwayman came riding -
Riding - riding
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door
If you can't get enough (and let's face it, who can?) you can see the whole poem here. Costumed reenactments optional...