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Poem of the Day: The Metres of Boethius: Metre 19

1. eala þæt is hefig dysig || hygeþ ymbe se þe wile
2. and frecenlic || fira gehwilcum
3. þæt þa earman men || mid ealle gedwæleþ
4. of þæm rihtan wege || recene alæded
5. hwæþer ge willen || on wuda secan
6. gold þæt reade || on grenum triowum
7. ic wat swa þeah || þæt hit witena nan
8. þider ne seceþ || forþæm hit þær ne wexþ
9. ne on wingeardum || wlitige gimmas
10. hwy ge nu ne settan || on sume dune
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