Quant li soleuz commence a espandre sa clarté par l’air, les estoilles deviennent palez et reboucheez de leurs biautéz pour la clarté du soleil qui les estaint.
Whan Phebus, the sonne, biginneth to spreden his cleernesse with rosene chariettes, thanne the sterre, y-dimmed, paleth hir whyte cheres, by the flambes of the sonne that overcometh the sterre-light. This is to seyn, whan the sonne is risen, the dey-sterre wexeth pale, and leseth hir light for the grete brightnesse of the sonne.
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
