Alfred Hayes (poet)


Alfred Hayes was an English poet and translator.
Son of E. J. Hayes, Town Clerk of Birmingham, Alfred Hayes was born at Wolverhampton in 1857, and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and New College, Oxford. In 1906 he was the Secretary of the Midland Institute, Birmingham.

Works

His hymn "Two Thousand Troubled Years" was written at the request of a friend, circa 1896, and published with music by Sir F. Bridge. It was included in Horder's Worship Song, with Accompanying Tunes, 1905.
Hayes wrote the lyrics of the school song of King Edward's School, Birmingham.

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