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OF CATO (2) by LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA

First Line: ONE STAB COULD NOT FIERCE CATO'S LIFE UNTIE
Last Line: THAT CATO'S HAND MORE THAN HIS SWORD COULD DO.
Subject(s): CATO THE YOUNGER (95-46 B.C.);
ONE stab could not fierce Cato's life untie;
Only his hand of all that wound did die.
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 than his sword could do.



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