Lincoln Highwayman

Famous quotes containing the words lincoln and/or highwayman:

    “Now Lady Maisry is gone home,
    Made him a winding sheet,
    And at the back of merry Lincoln
    The dead corpse did her meet.

    And all the bells of merry Lincoln,
    Without men’s hands were rung,”
    —Unknown. Hugh of Lincoln (l. 61–66)

    “The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
    And the highwayman came riding—
    Riding—riding—
    The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.”
    —Alfred Noyes (1880–1958)