Famous quotes containing the words robin hood, robin, hood and/or riding:
“‘Lay me a green sod under my head,
And another at my feet;
And lay my bent bow at my side,
Which was my music sweet;
And make my grave of gravel and green,
Which is most right and meet.”
—Unknown. Robin Hood’s Death (l. 65–70)
“Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.”
—Leo Robin (b. 1900)
“No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds—November!”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)
“Eunuchs ran through Hell and met
On every crowded street to stare
Upon great Juan riding by:
Even like these to rail and sweat
Staring upon his sinewy thigh.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)