Dawn and Morning Mists 1938

S.J. Dawson, Roedean, Eastwoodbury, Eastwood, Southend on Sea.

“Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above
By which those great in war are great in love.
Great in itself, not praises of the crowd
Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud …”