I. THE THORNS OF ERROR 93 II. THE BENT OF NATURE 99 III. THE INSATIABLENESS OK AVARICE 105 IV. DISGRACE OF HONOURS CONFERRED BY A TYRANT 109 V. SELF-MASTERY 113 VI. TRUE NOBILITY 116 VII. PLEASURE'S STING 118 VIII. HUMAN FOLLY 121 IX. INVOCATION 130 X. THE TRUE LIGHT 141 XI. REMINISCENCE 150 XII. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE 158
Text: Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy —
H. R. James’ translation, Elliot Stock, 1897, public domain, from Project Gutenberg ebook 14328, set unaltered. The original alternates prose and verse throughout. This setting keeps the order it came in but does not mark which is which.