fortunes of war...golden chain

[Lynne Murphy]

Can anyone tell me what the 'golden chain' is in:

"The fortunes of war
I'll tell you plain
are a wooden leg
or a golden chain"

?

Ta,
Lynne


Dr M Lynne Murphy
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and English Language
Arts B133
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QN

phone: +44-(0)1273-678844
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