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

What land, indeed, has not gained peace through thee?

Where shall I seek for thee a sepulcher,

Unhappy, agéd woman that I am?

Let all the world contend for these remains

Collected from the pyre of Hercules.

What race, what temples, or what nations ask

For them? Who asks to have Alcmena's load?1825

What sepulcher, O son, what tomb for thee

Is great enough? Naught save the world itself;

And lasting fame shall be thine epitaph.