Who is Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel

Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel, also known as Noël (27 August 1834 – 26 May 1894), was an English poet. He was a Cambridge Apostle.

Early life

He was the youngest son of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough and, his fourth wife, Lady Frances Jocelyn. His only full sibling was Lady Victoria Noel, who married Sir Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet, later Governor of South Australia. From his father's earlier marriages, he had several half-siblings including Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough (who married Lady Ida Harriet Augusta, a daughter of William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll and Elizabeth FitzClarence, an illegitimate daughter of King William IV), Gerard James Noel, MP, Capt. Henry Lewis Noel, Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel (wife of Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet),...
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Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel Poems

  • The Water-nymph And The Boy
    I flung me round him,
    I drew him under;
    I clung, I drown'd him,
    My own white wonder!…...
  • The Old
    They are waiting on the shore
    For the bark to take them home:
    They will toil and grieve no more;
    The hour for release hath come....
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Top 10 most used topics by Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel

Water 2 Shadow 1 Slow 1 Love 1 Happiness 1 Father 1 Child 1 Beauty 1 Beautiful 1 Away 1


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Always0nny: ah! love ye one another well, for the hour will come when one of you is lying dumb; ye would give worlds then for a word, roden berkeley wriothesley noel
Always0nny: that never may be heard; ye would give worlds then for a glance, that may be yours by ne'er a chance; ah! love ye one another well! roden berkeley wriothesley noel
Always0nny: for if ye wrung a tear, like molten iron it will sear; the look that proved you were unkind with hot remorse will be blind; and though you pray to be forgiven, how will ye know that ye are shriven? ah! love ye one another well! roden berkeley wriothesley noel
Bryonyseries: "my beautiful! "under the water, "cold and so pale! "could it be love?" the water-nymph and the boy by roden berkeley wriothesley noel
Bryonyseries: "under the water, "cold and so pale! "could it be love made "beauty to fail?" the water-nymph and the boy by roden berkeley wriothesley noel
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