Should I teach righteousness and filial love?330
They take me as a model for their crimes,
And follow me. I gladly recognize
And praise them as my sons; I urge them on
To do some outrage worthy of their sire.
Then on, my worthy offspring; by your deeds
Approve your noble birth; do ye surpass335
My glory and my praises; do some deed
Because of which your father will rejoice
That he has lived till now. And well I know