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