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THE VERSES OF SENECA FROM CLEANTHES by LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA

First Line: PARENT AND PRINCE OF HEAV'N, O LEAD, I PRAY
Last Line: FATES LEAD THE WILLING, BUT UNWILLING DRAW.

PARENT and Prince of Heav'n, O lead, I pray,
Where'er you please; I follow and obey.
Active I go, sighing if you gainsay,
And suffer bad what to the good was law.
Fates lead the willing, but unwilling draw.



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