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Subject: SENECA, LUCIUS ANNAEUS (4 BC - 65 AD)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ON MR. SHERBURN'S TRANSLATION OF SENECA'S 'MEDEA', by THOMAS STANLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: That wise philosopher, who had design'd
Last Line: Thy version hath not borrow'd, but restor'd.
Subject(s): Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (4 Bc - 65 Ad); Sherburne, Sir Edward (1618-1702); Translating & Interpreting


PICTURE OF SENECA DYING IN A BATH, BY JORDAIN, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: While cruel nero only drains
Last Line: And lives and speaks, restored and whole.
Subject(s): Portraits; Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (4 Bc - 65 Ad)