...readers of this study will be glad to see the best of these free-booting quatorzains. Here it is : " With coat of Lincoln green and mantle too, And horn...buckle bright. And arrows wing'd with peacock-feathers And trusty bow well gather'd of the yew, Stands Robin Hood :—and near, with eyes of blue, light,...

...with belt and bow, Feasting on pheasant, river-fowl, and swan, With Robin at their head, and Marian. To the Same. With coat of Lincoln green, and mantle...bright,— And arrows wing'd with peacock-feathers light, And trusty bow, well gathered of the yew,— Stands Robin Hood:—and near, with eyes of blue...

...the tradition, creates an affective, one-to-one rapport between the reader and the outlaw figures: With coat of Lincoln green, and mantle too, And horn...buckle bright, And arrows wing'd with peacock-feathers bright,— And trusty bow, well gathered of the yew,— Stands Robin Hood:—and near, with eyes of...