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The Highwayman (poem) : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Highwayman (poem) "The Highwayman" is a narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, first published in the August 1906 issue〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi180edinuoft#page/244/mode/2up )〕 of ''Blackwood's Magazine'', based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The following year it was included in Noyes' collection, ''Forty Singing Seamen and Other Poems'', becoming an immediate success. In 1995 it was voted 15th in the BBC's poll for "The Nation's Favourite Poems".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/halloffame/arts/alfrednoyes.shtml )〕 ==Plot==
The poem, set in 18th century rural England, tells the story of an unnamed highwayman who is in love with Bess, a landlord's daughter. Betrayed to the authorities by Tim, a jealous ostler, the highwayman escapes ambush when Bess sacrifices her life to warn him. Learning of her death, he dies in a futile attempt at revenge, shot down on the highway. In the final stanza, the ghosts of the lovers meet again on winter nights.
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