# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 13

ic wille mid giddum || get gecyþan
hu se ælmihtga || ealla gesceafta
bryrþ mid his bridlum || begþ þider he wile
mid his anwalde || ge endebyrd
wundorlice || wel gemetgaþ
hafaþ swa geheaþorad || heofona wealdend
utan befangen || ealla gesceafta
geræped mid his racentan || þæt hi aredian ne magon
þæt hi hi æfre him || of aslepen
and þeah wuhta gehwilc || wrigaþ toheald
sidra gesceafta || swiþe onhelded
wiþ þæs gecyndes || þe him cyning engla
fæder æt frymþe || fæste getiode
swa nu þinga gehwilc || þiderweard fundaþ
sidra gesceafta || buton sumum englum
and moncynne || þara micles to feola
woroldwuniendra || winþ wiþ gecynde
þeah nu on londe || leon gemete
wynsume wiht || wel atemede
hire magister || miclum lufige
and eac ondræde || dogora gehwelce
gif hit æfre gesælþ || þæt hio æniges
blodes onbyrgeþ || ne þearf beorna nan
wenan þære wyrde || þæt hio wel siþþan
hire taman healde || ac ic tiohhie
þæt hio þæs niwan taman || nauht ne gehicgge
ac þone wildan gewunan || wille geþencan
hire eldrena || onginþ eorneste
racentan slitan || ryn grymetigan
and ærest abit || hire agenes
huses hirde || and hraþe siþþan
hæleþa gehwilcne || þe hio gehentan mæg
nele hio forlætan || libbendes wuht
neata ne monna || nimþ eall þæt hio fint
swa doþ wudufuglas || þeah hi wel sien
tela atemede || gif hi on treowum weorþaþ
holte tomiddes || hræþe bioþ forsewene
heora lareowas || þe hi lange ær
tydon and temedon || hi on treowum wilde
ealdgecynde || a forþ siþþan
willum wuniaþ || þeah him wolde hwilc
heora lareowa || listum beodan
þone ilcan mete || þe he hi æror mid
tame getede || him þa twigu þincaþ
emne swa merge || þæt hi þæs metes ne recþ
þincþ him to þon wynsum || þæt him se weald oncwyþ
þonne hi geheraþ || hleoþrum brægdan
oþre fugelas || hi heora agne
stefne styriaþ || stunaþ eal geador
welwynsum sanc || wudu eallum oncwyþ
swa biþ eallum treowum || þe him on æþele biþ
þæt hit on holte || hyhst geweaxe
þeah þu hwilcne boh || byge wiþ eorþan
he biþ upweardes || swa þu an forlætst
widu on willan || went on gecynde
swa deþ eac sio sunne || þonne hio on sige weorþeþ
ofer midne dæg || merecondel scyfþ
on ofdæle || uncuþne weg
nihtes geneþeþ || norþ eft and east
eldum oteweþ || brencþ eorþwarum
morgen meretorhtne || hio ofer moncyn stihþ
a upweardes || oþ hio eft cymeþ
þær hire yfemesþ biþ || eard gecynde
swa swa ælc gesceaft || ealle mægene
geond þas widan woruld || wrigaþ and higaþ
ealle mægene || eft symle onlyt
wiþ his gecyndes || cymþ to þonne hit mæg
nis nu ofer eorþan || ænegu gesceaft
þe ne wilnie || þæt hio wolde cuman
to þam earde || þe hio of becom
þæt is orsorgnes || and ecu rest
þæt is openlice || ælmihti god
nis nu ofer eorþan || ænegu gesceaft
þe ne hwearfige || swa swa hweol deþ
on hire selfre || forþon hio swa hwearfaþ
þæt hio eft cume || þær hio æror wæs
þonne hio ærest sie || utan behwerfed
þonne hio ealles wyrþ || utan becerred
hio sceal eft don || þæt hio ær dyde
and eac wesan || þæt hio æror wæs