The Metres of Boethius: Metre 16
se þe wille anwald agon
þonne sceal he ærest tilian
þæt he his selfes
on sefan age
anwald innan
þy læs he æfre sie
his unþeawum
eall underþyded
ado of his mode
mislicra fela
þara ymbhogona
þe him unnet sie
læte sume hwile
siofunga ana
ermþa sinra
þeah him eall sie
þes middangeard
swa swa merestreamas
utan belicgaþ
on æht gifen
efne swa wide
swa swa westmest nu
an iglond ligþ
ut on garsecg
þær nængu biþ
niht on sumera
ne wuhte þon ma
on wintra dæg
toteled tidum
þæt is tile haten
þeah nu anra hwa
ealles wealde
þæs iglandes
and eac þonan
oþ indeas
eastewearde
þeah he nu þæt eall
agan mote
hwy biþ his anwald
auhte þy mara
gif he siþþan nah
his selfes geweald
ingeþances
and hine eorneste
wel ne bewarenaþ
wordum and dædum
wiþ þa unþeawas
þe we ymb sprecaþ