Verse prayer to God as creator and source of reason, for inspiration, strength and comfort, translated from Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, III.9, by Alexander Pope; together with bifolium letter from Charles Bertie to Sir William Trumbull, 19 February 1703, on the inner pages of which are Trumbull's own verse translation of the same passage from Boethius, and an adaptation by him of lines 990-99, 1009-11 of Dryden's translation of Virgil, Aeneid, VI, asking for God's help in overcoming the corruption and baseness of human life
Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae, by Alexander Pope
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt 16
- Dates of Creation
- ca.1703-1704
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- One page, together with bifolium letter
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, can be found in the Dictionary of National Biography, but there are numerous biographical and critical evaluations if more detailed information is required
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Sotheby, 30 July 1963, Lot 577, through Bernard Quaritch Ltd
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
Indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html
Additional Information
The verses by Pope and Trumbull are in their autograph