Fox Head Tavern

Famous quotes containing the words fox, head and/or tavern:

    “The lily in splendor, the vine in her grace,
    The fox in the forest, all had their desire,
    As then I had mine, in the place that was happy and poor.”
    —Ruth Pitter (b. 1897)

    “No head knows where its rest is
    Or may lie down with reason
    When war’s usurping claws
    Shall take heart escheat....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “Arrive at New Orleans, a city of ships, steamers, flatboats, rafts, mud, fog, filth, stench, and a mixture of races and tongues. Cholera, “some.” [At] Planters’ Hotel. Mem:—Never get caught in a cheap tavern in a strange city.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)