The Tragedies of Seneca / Translated into English Verse, to Which Have Been Appended Comparative Analyses of the Corresponding Greek and Roman Plays, and a Mythological Index

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

May I be traveling.

Fearing the Cretan king, 'tis said,

And trusting in strange arts,

Young Icarus essayed the stars,

And strove to conquer birds in flight,895

On false wings balancing.

He fell into the raging sea

And his name alone survived.

But, wiser far, old Daedalus900

A safer course midst the clouds pursued,