Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROBIN HOOD, by MARY HOVEY


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ROBIN HOOD, by                    
First Line: Have you heard the tale of robin hood?
Last Line: He was honored by his lion-hearted chief.
Subject(s): Robin Hood


Have you heard the tale of Robin Hood?
How he lived to right the wrongs?
Of his deeds in poems, in songs?
Of the life for which he stood?
Though he stole, yet he was good;
He was scourged, was hit with thongs;
Unto ages he belongs;
For the helpless he did all he could.
What a paradox is this,
He an outlaw and a thief,
One to rail at and to hiss,
He the scout who brought relief;
While his Marian sealed him with a kiss,
He was honored by his Lion-hearted Chief.





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