BOOK I.
THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS.
SUMMARY.
Boethius' complaint (Song I.) .-- CH.

I.Philosophy appears to Boethius, drives away the Muses of Poetry, and herself laments (Song II.) the disordered condition of his mind .-- CH.

II.

Boethius is speechless with amazement.

Philosophy wipes away the tears that have clouded his eyesight .-- CH.