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    Ancius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae

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    Liber Primus

    carmina qui quondam studio florente* peregi*,
        flebilis heu maestos cogor inire modos.
    ecce mihi lacerae* dictant scribenda* Camenae*
        et ueris elegi* fletibus ora rigant.
    5
    has saltem nullus potuit peruincere* terror,
        ne nostrum comites* prosequerentur iter.
    gloria* felicis* olim uiridisque iuuentae,
        solantur maesti* nunc mea fata senis.
    uenit enim properata malis inopina* senectus
    10
        et dolor aetatem iussit* inesse suam*.
    intempestiui* funduntur uertice cani
        et tremit effeto corpore laxa cutis.
    mors hominum felix, quae se nec dulcibus annis
        inserit et maestis* saepe uocata uenit.
    15
    eheu, quam* surda miseros auertitur* aure
        et flentes oculos claudere saeua* negat!
    dum leuibus male* fida bonis* fortuna faueret
        paene caput tristis merserat* hora meum;
    nunc quia fallacem mutauit nubila* uultum
    20
        protrahit ingratas impia uita moras.
    quid me felicem* totiens iactastis*, amici*?
        qui cecidit, stabili non erat ille gradu*.


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    Further comments from Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae:
    book 1 (general note)
    book 1, sectio m1 (general note)
    book 1, sectio m1: qui
    book 1, sectio m1: ora
    book 1, sectio m1: Has
    book 1, sectio m1: Dum

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