“Only the heel
Of splendid steel
Shall stand secure on sliding fate,
When golden navies weep their freight.”

—  Arthur Quiller-Couch

Poem The Splendid Spur http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-splendid-spur/

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British writer and literary critic 1863–1944

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