ULTIMUS HEROUM, OR, TO ... HENRY, MAQUESSE OF DORCHESTER, by ROBERT HERRICKPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: And as time past when cato the severe Last Line: If but lookt on; struck dead, if scan'd by thee.
And as time past when Cato the Severe Entred the circumspacious Theater; In reverence of his person, every one Stood as he had been turn'd from flesh to stone: E'ne so my numbers will astonisht be If but lookt on; struck dead, if scan'd by Thee.