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

Himself consumed.

The beaten path has never proved

The way of danger. Walk ye then

Where your forefathers safely trod,

And keep great nature's holy laws605

Inviolate.

Whoever dipped the famous oars

Of that bold bark in the rushing sea;

Whoe'er despoiled old Pelion

Of the thick, dark shade of his sacred groves;