ITEM. <br /> <br />Ictu non potuit primo Cato solvere vitam; <br /> Defecit tanto vulnere victa manus: <br />Altius inseruit digitos, qua spiritus ingens <br /> Exiret, magnum dextera fecit iter. <br />Opposuit fortuna moram, involvitque, Catonis <br /> Scires ut ferro plus valuisse manum. <br /> <br /> ANOTHER. <br /> <br />One stabbe could not fierce Cato's life unty; <br />Onely his hand of all that wound did dy. <br />Deeper his fingers tear to make a way <br />Open, through which his mighty soul might stray. <br />Fortune made this delay to let us know, <br />That Cato's hand more then his sword could do.<br /><br />Richard Lovelace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/item/
