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Title: Occasion'd by the generous benefactor of 50 L. to the sufferers at the late
fire at Wellingborough
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1739 (at end)
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Praising the charity and divinely-inspired generosity of an unknown
benefactor after a disastrous fire at Wellingborough, contrasting the actions
and concerns of more selfish men
Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's 'De consolatione philosophiae', by Alexander Pope
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
c.1703-1704
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 lett...