Roman Stoicism / being lectures on the history of the Stoic philosophy with special reference to its development within the Roman Empire

by Edward Vernon Arnold

So dread a minister to work thy will—

The eternal bolt of fire, two-edged, whose blast

Thro’ all the powers of nature strikes a chill[59]— 11

Whereby thou guid’st the universal force,

Reason, through all things interfused, whose course

Commingles with the great and lesser[60] lights—

Thyself of all the sovran and the source: 14

For nought is done on earth apart from thee,

Nor in thy vault of heaven, nor in the sea;

Save for the reckless deeds of sinful men