| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 45970 |
| QUOTATION: | The curse of hell upon the sleek upstart
That got the Captain finally on his back
And took the red red vitals of his heart
And made the kites to whet their beaks clack clack. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974), U.S. poet. Captain Carpenter (l. 61–64). . .
Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (1950) Oxford University Press. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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