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

To speed him to the world of shades,1525

The realm of sleepless Cerberus,

Whence he will[40] ne'er again return.

Let thy bright rays be overcast

With clouds; gaze on the mourning world

With pallid face; and let thy head

In thick and murky mists be veiled.1530

When, Titan, where, beneath what sky,

Shalt thou behold upon the earth

Another such as Hercules?