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Only the heel
Of splendid steel
Shall stand secure on sliding fate,
When golden navies weep their freight.
--
Poem The Splendid Spur

 

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

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Then he saw his ghosts glitter with golden hands,
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Wide open and unguarded stand our gates,
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