# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 14

hwæt biþ þæm welegan || woruldgitsere
on his mode þe bet || þeah he micel age
goldes and gimma || and gooda gehwæs
æhta unrim || and him mon erigen scyle
æghwelce dæg || æcera þusend
þeah þes middangeard || and þis manna cyn
sy under sunnan || suþ west and east
his anwalde || eall underþieded
ne mot he þara hyrsta || hionane lædan
of þisse worulde || wuhte þon mare
hordgestreona || þonne he hiþer brohte