The Consolation

II. PROSE.

"But it is time," she said, "to dress original: "penser." In this period of French, "penser" was often used interchangeably with "panser," meaning to treat, bandage, or tend to a wound. your wounds, and not to complain of them." Then, fixing her eyes upon me, she continued: "Are you the one who sucked the sweetness of my milk, who was nourished on my food, and who reached the age of a perfect man through my care? Certainly I had given you weapons that could have defended you, had you not abandoned them. Do you no longer know me? Whence comes this silence? Is it from shame or from stupor? I would very much like it to be from a reasonable sense of shame; but from what I see, it is from a dull stupor." When she perceived that my silence was rather an inability to speak than a choice to remain silent, and that I had as little tongue as I had words, she gently touched my chest and said: "Undoubtedly his illness is nothing other than this lethargy, In the philosophical tradition of Boethius, "lethargy" is a state of spiritual amnesia where the soul forgets its divine origin and its inner strength due to worldly misfortune. which is accustomed to dulling the Mind; he has slightly forgotten himself, but he can easily remember, if he can first recognize us. To help him, we must clear away these shadows that blind his eyes." When she had finished this speech, she gathered up the folds of her Robe, with which she wiped away my tears.

III. POESIE.

As one sees in the Sky the breath of Boreas, The North Wind in Greek mythology, known for its cold, clearing power that drives away clouds.
Recalling the clarity,
And giving rays to the golden troop The "golden troop" refers to the stars, which appear to march across the sky and are revealed once the storm clouds have been swept away.
Which was hiding its beauty.