Death & Dying
Of Cato (II)
Translated by Richard Lovelace (1659) · From Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659)
Death & Dying
One stabbe could not fierce Cato's life unty;
Onely his hand of all that wound did dy.
Deeper his fingers tear to make a way
Open, through which his mighty soul might stray.
Fortune made this delay to let us know,
That Cato's hand more then his sword could do.
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Lovelace, Richard. “Of Cato (II).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/116/.
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Lovelace, Richard. “Of Cato (II).” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/116/.
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