# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 12

se þe wille wyrcan || wæstmbære lond
atio of þæm æcere || ærest sona
fearn and þornas || and fyrsas swa same
wiod þa þe willaþ || welhwær derian
clænum hwæte || þy læs he ciþa leas
licge on þæm lande || is leoda gehwæm
þios oþru bysen || efnbehefu
þæt is þætte þynceþ || þegna gehwelcum
huniges bibread || healfe þy swetre
gif he hwene ær || huniges teare
bitres onbyrgeþ || biþ eac swa same
monna æghwilc || micle þy fægenra
liþes weþres || gif hine lytle ær
stormas gestondaþ || and se stearca wind
norþan and eastan || nænegum þuhte
dæg on þonce || gif sio dimme niht
ær ofer eldum || egesan ne brohte
swa þincþ anra gehwæm || eorþbuendra
sio soþe gesælþ || symle þe betere
and þy wynsumre || þe he wita ma
heardra henþa || her adreogeþ
þu meaht eac mycle þy eþ || on modsefan
soþa gesælþa || sweotolor gecnawan
and to heora cyþþe || becuman siþþan
gif þu up atyhsþ || ærest sona
and þu awyrtwalast || of gewitlocan
leasa gesælþa || swa swa londes ceorl
of his æcere lycþ || yfel weod monig
siþþan ic þe secge || þæt þu sweotole meaht
soþa gesælþa || sona oncnawan
and þu æfre ne recst || æniges þinges
ofer þa ane || gif þu hi ealles ongitst