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

Where shall the earth find haven then?

Will hades open wide her doors

To let the shattered heavens in?1120

Or is the space 'twixt heaven and earth

Not great enough (perchance too great)

For all the evils of the world?

What place is great enough to hold

Such monstrous ills of fate?[37] What place

Will hold the gods? Shall one place then1125

Contain three kingdoms—sea and sky