The Metres of Boethius: Metre 17
hwæt eorþwaran
ealle hæfden
foldbuende
fruman gelicne
hi of anum twæm
ealle comon
were and wife
on woruld innan
and hi eac nu get
ealle gelice
on woruld cumaþ
wlance and heane
nis þæt nan wundor
forþæm witan ealle
þæt an god is
ealra gesceafta
frea moncynnes
fæder and scippend
se þære sunnan leoht
seleþ of heofonum
monan and þyssum
mærum steorrum
se milda metod
gesceop men on eorþan
and gesamnade
sawle to lice
æt fruman ærest
folc under wolcnum
emnæþele gesceop
æghwilcne mon
hwy ge þonne æfre
ofer oþre men
ofermodigen
buton andweorce
nu ge unæþelne
nænigne metaþ
hwy ge eow for æþelum
up ahebben
nu on þæm mode biþ
monna gehwilcum
þa rihtæþelo
þe ic þe recce ymb
nales on þæm flæsce
foldbuendra
ac nu æghwilc mon
þe mid ealle biþ
his unþeawum
underþieded
he forlæt ærest
lifes frumsceaft
and his agene
æþelo swa selfe
and eac þone fæder
þe hine æt fruman gesceop
forþæm hine anæþelaþ
ælmihtig god
þæt he unæþele
a forþ þanan
wyrþ on weorulde
to wuldre ne cymþ