that's all i remember..
"who would not lay it on the line
to win or lose it all.."
it's either pope or arnold, or so i think..
could it be as follows ;
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.
- Sir William Francis Patrick Napier,
Montrose and the Covenanters--Montrose's Poems
(no. 1, vol. II, p. 566),
version of part of work by Marquis of Montrose
wow. that is probably it. thanks so much for replying, ilza and tigermonkey..
now where did i come across montrose?