Excerpt from Alfred Noyes, the Young English Poet, Called the Greatest Living by Distinguished Critics: Noyes, the Man and Poet; What Alfred Noyes Believe; Selections From His Work Edmund gosse wrote, after The Enchanted Island was published: The whole book is full of beauty and confirms me in my belief that you are the leader among the English poets of the last generation. Theodore watts-dunton writes: To me, who believe that the singing quality is the first quality of poetry, it seems that you are right away (now that Swinburne is gone) the first of our living poets.' W. L. Courtney, editor of The Fortnightly Review, wrote Some of his single poems stand out, alike for strength and grace, as the most conspicuous achievements of our age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.