# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 18

eala þæt se yfla || unrihta gedeþ
wraþa willa || wohhæmetes
þæt he mid ealle gedræfþ || anra gehwylces
monna cynnes || mod fulneah þon
hwæt sio wilde beo || þeah wis sie
anunga sceal || eall forweorþan
gif hio yrringa || awuht stingeþ
swa sceal sawla gehwilc || siþþan losian
gif se lichoma || forlegen weorþeþ
unrihthæmede || bute him ær cume
hreow to heortan || ær he hionan wende