Excerpt from Translations From Claudian

Against Rufinus.

First Book.

Oft hath my doubtful mind essay'd to scan
If aught celestial hath a care for man,
Or leaves him sport of every wind and wave,
No will to govern, and no arm to save.
If then perchance, my better reason found,
I turn'd to contemplate the world around,
And seek the Source of Power, whose laws ordain
The year it's seasons, and it's bounds the main,
That bids the night and day alternate reign,

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