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COLLECTEDPOEMS\n\n'How in younger years we exulted inMr Noyes'robust yet romantic sing-ing.Even at his most formal he hasbeauty of thought,zestful languageand sincerity of emotion.  \n—Liverpool Daily Post.  \n'Some of his lyrics will survive intowhatever world of new taste we maymove.'—Birmingham Post.  \n## Fiction\n\nTHE DEVILTAKES AHOLIDAY  \n'An amusing and skilfully told satire.In the course of the Devil's jealousinterference with mankind's threat torob him of his job,we are shown thefollies and vogues of Hollywood andmodern art.'—The Times.  \n'The satire crackles ferociously.'—Sunday Times  \nIOs 6d  \nnet  \n14  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nA LETTER TO LUCIANAND OTHER POEMS  \nA  \n## Letter to Lucian\n\nand other Poems  \nALFRED NOYES  \nJOHN MURRAYFifty Albemarle Street London  \nFirst publisbed r956  \nPrinted in Great Britain by  \nButler c Tanner Ltd.,Frome and Londonand publisbed by Jobn Murray(Publisbers)Ltd.  \n## PREFATORY NOTE\n\n'A Devonshire Folk Song'and 'Nicodemus'firstappeared in The Spectator:‘A Letter to Lucian theSceptic'in The Tablet:'Night Journey'in TheSunday Times:'The Ships'in The Navy Year Booe:'Ballade of the New Stoicism’and 'Ballade ofPeace Conferences'in Punch,and Diffugere Nives'in The Contemporary Review.I wish to thank theEditors of these periodicals for allowing me topublish these poems here.  \nA.N.","cbCailQuHUb78VqI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailQuHUb78VqI","pdf",2604573,120,"English","# A Letter to Lucian and Other Poems\n## Prefatory Note","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author of A Letter to Lucian and Other Poems?\",\"answer\":\"The collection is authored by the poet Alfred Noyes.\"},{\"question\":\"When was this collection first published?\",\"answer\":\"The book was first published in 1956 by John Murray in London.\"},{\"question\":\"Where were some of the poems in this collection previously published?\",\"answer\":\"Several poems first appeared in periodicals 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