2 Metaphors for spurs

His whip is a torch, and each spur is a match, And over the horse's left eye is a patch, To keep it from scorching the manger.

It is, indeed, kind of you thinking of me, and I can assure you that the spurs shall remain an "heirloom" to decorate the dinner-table (a novel ornament) and match the silver spur poor old White Melville gave me.

2 Metaphors for  spurs