A Spartan, his companion slain, <br />Alone from battle fled; <br />His mother, kindling with disdain <br />That she had borne him, struck him dead; <br />For courage, and not birth alone, <br />In Sparta, testifies a son!<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/from-the-greek-of-julianus/
