In the midst of spectacular stunts and carnivorous Komodo Dragons, it was refreshing to hear poetry in a crucial scene in the new James Bond movie (Skyfall) where M quotes the inspirational last lines of Ulysses.

                              Ulysses

...Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

                                        Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)