Robin Hood Hastings

Famous quotes containing the words robin, hood and/or hastings:

    “‘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)

    “Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
    And used to war’s alarms;
    But a cannon-ball took off his legs,
    So he laid down his arms.”
    —Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

    “If you can’t get a job as a pianist in a brothel you become a royal reporter.”
    —Max Hastings (b. 1945)