A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryThe Metres of Boethius: Proem
| Met0 1. | ðus ælfred us || ealdspell reahte, |
| Met0 2. | cyning Westsexna, || cræft meldode, |
| Met0 3. | leoðwyrhta list. || Him wæs lust micel |
| Met0 4. | ðæt he ðiossum leodum || leoð spellode, |
| Met0 5. | monnum myrgen, || mislice cwidas, |
| Met0 6. | þy læs ælinge || ut adrife |
| Met0 7. | selflicne secg, || þonne he swelces lyt |
| Met0 8. | gymð for his gilpe. || Ic sceal giet sprecan, |
| Met0 9. | fon on fitte, || folccuðne ræd |
| Met0 10. | hæleðum secgean. || Hliste se þe wille! |