Boethius, faced with execution, seeks to find solace for his misfortunes.

面对行刑之际，波伊提乌力图寻找对于他不幸命运的安慰之物。

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The Consolation takes the form of a dialogue, between Boethius and Philosophy.

《哲学的慰藉》采用了一种对话的形式，即波伊提乌和哲学之间的对话。

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You again how boethius observed all still could not return to the origin.

你再怎么强颜欢笑，一切都还是回不到原点。

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However, when a succession of his poems turn out to be adaptations or loose translations of Petronius, Sappho, Pliny the Elder and Boethius, you may find yourself hankering after an original voice even one as extravagant as Whitman's.

ECONOMIST: Audacity and elegy