Alfred Hayes (1857–1936) was an English poet and translator. Son of E. J. Hayes, Town Clerk of

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

, Alfred Hayes was born at

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians ...

in 1857, and educated at

King Edward's School, Birmingham King Edward's School (KES) is an independent day school for boys in the British public school tradition, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Founded by King Edward VI in 1552, it is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Bir ...

, and

New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at ...

. In 1906 he was the Secretary of the Midland Institute, Birmingham.

Works

* ''The Cup of Quietness''. By Alfred Hayes. London, Methuen, 1911, 61 p. * ''The Last Crusade and Other Poems''. By Alfred Hayes. Birmingham, Cornish Brothers, London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co.1887, 149 p. * ''The March of Man and Other Poems''. By Alfred Hayes. London, New York, Macmillan, 1891, 177 p. * ''The Vale of Arden and Other Poems''. By Alfred Hayes. London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1895, 90 p. * ''Fellowship in Song'', 1893 * ''From Inland Meadows'' His hymn "Two Thousand Troubled Years" (Christmas) was written at the request of a friend, circa 1896, and published with music by Sir F. Bridge (Novello & Co.). It was included in Horder's ''Worship Song, with Accompanying Tunes'', 1905. Hayes wrote the lyrics of the

school song A school song, alma mater, school hymn or school anthem is the patronal song of a school. In England, this tradition is particularly strong in public schools and grammar schools. Australia *The Glennie School – ''Now Thank We All Our God'' ...

of King Edward's School, Birmingham. The lines from the chorus were used in the 1983 pop song "Ackee 1-2-3" by Birmingham band The Beat.

Publications

* ''

Boris Godunov Borís Fyodorovich Godunóv (; russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов; 1552 ) ruled the Tsardom of Russia as ''de facto'' regent from c. 1585 to 1598 and then as the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. After the end of his ...

''; a drama in verse... by

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

. Rendered into English verse by Alfred Hayes, with preface by C. Nabokoff... London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. 918.vi, 117 p * Hayes, Alfred. Pushkin's ''

''. (Anglo-Russian Literary Society. Proceedings. London, 1918. no. 82, p. 29—42.) * "To a poet..." by

. translated by Alfred Hayes. (The Anglo-Russian Literary Society. Proceedings. London, 1919. no. 85, p. 93.).

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayes, Alfred 1857 births 1936 deaths Writers from Wolverhampton People educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham Alumni of New College, Oxford 18th-century English poets 19th-century English poets English translators English male poets English hymnwriters 19th-century English male writers English male non-fiction writers 18th-century English male writers 19th-century British translators