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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 22
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 22

Met22 1. se þe æfter rihte || mid gerece wille Sē þe aefter rihte || mid ġe·rēċe wille
Met22 2. inweardlice || æfter spyrian inweardlīċe || aefter spyrian
Met22 3. swa deoplice || þæt hit todrifan ne mæg swā dēoplīċe, || þæt hīe tō·drīfan ne mæġ
Met22 4. monna ænig || ne amerran huru manna ǣniġ, || ne ā·mērran hūru
Met22 5. ænig eorþlic þincg || he ærest sceal ǣniġ eorðliċ þinġ, || hē ǣrest sċeall
Met22 6. secan on him selfum || þæt he sume hwile sēċan on him selfum || þæt hē sume hwīle
Met22 7. ymbutan hine || æror sohte ymb·ūtan hine || ǣror sōhte.
Met22 8. sece þæt siþþan || on his sefan innan Sēċe þæt siþþan || on his sefan innan,
Met22 9. and forlæte an || swa he oftost mæge and for·lǣte ān, || swā hē oftost mæġe,
Met22 10. ælcne ymbhogan || þy him unnet sie ǣlcne% ymb·hoĝan || þȳ him unnytt sīe,
Met22 11. and gesamnige || swa he swiþost mæge and ġe·samnie, || swā hē swīðost mæġe,
Met22 12. ealle to þæm anum || his ingeþonc ealle tō þǣm ānum || his inn-ġe·þanc,
Met22 13. gesecge his mode || þæt hit mæg findan ġe·sċeġe his mōde% || þæt hit mæġ findan
Met22 14. eall on him innan || þæt hit oftost nu eall on him innan || þæt hit oftost nū
Met22 15. ymbutan hit || ealneg seceþ ymb·ūtan hit || ealneġ sēċeþ,
Met22 16. gooda æghwylc || he ongit siþþan gōda ǣġhwelċ. || Hē on·ġiet siþþan
Met22 17. yfel and unnet || eal þæt he hæfde yfel and unnytt || eall þæt hē hæfde
Met22 18. on his incofan || æror lange on his inn-cofan || ǣror lange
Met22 19. efne swa sweotole || swa he on þa sunnan mæg efene swā sweotole || swā hē on þā sunnan mæġ
Met22 20. eagum andweardum || on locian ēaĝum andweardum || inn lōcian,
Met22 21. and he eac ongit || his ingeþonc and hē% ēac on·ġiet || his inn-ġe·þanc
Met22 22. leohtre and berhtre || þonne se leoma sie lēohtre and beorhtre || þonne sē lēoma sīe
Met22 23. sunnan on sumera || þonne swegles gim sunnan on sumera, || þonne swēġles ġimm,
Met22 24. hador heofontungol || hlutrost scineþ hādor heofon-tungol, || hlūtrost sċīeneþ.
Met22 25. forþæm þæs lichoman || leahtras and hefignes For·þǣm þæs līċ-haman || leahtras and hefiġness
Met22 26. and þa unþeawas || eallunga ne magon and þā unþēawas || eallunga ne maĝon
Met22 27. of mode ation || monna ænegum of mōde ā·tēon || manna ǣnĝum
Met22 28. rihtwisnesse || þeah nu rinca hwæm rihtwīsnesse, || þēah nū rinca hwǣm
Met22 29. þæs lichoman || leahtras and hefignes þæs līċ-haman || leahtras and hefiġness
Met22 30. and unþeawas || oft bysigen and unþēawas || oft bisiĝien
Met22 31. monna modsefan || mæst and swiþost manna mōd-sefan, || mǣst and swīðost
Met22 32. mid þære yflan || oforgiotolnesse mid ðǣre yflan || ofer-ġietolnesse;
Met22 33. mid gedwolmiste || dreorigne sefan mid ġe·dwolmiste || drēoriġne sefan
Met22 34. fortihþ mod foran || monna gehwelces for·tihþ mōd foran || manna ġe·hwelċes,
Met22 35. þæt hit swa beorhte ne mot || blican and scinan þæt hit swā beorhte ne mōt || blīcan and sċīnan
Met22 36. swa hit wolde || gif hit geweald ahte swā hit wolde, || ġif hit ġe·weald āhte;
Met22 37. þeah biþ sum corn || sædes gehealden þēah biþ sum corn || sǣdes ġe·healden
Met22 38. symle on þære saule || soþfæstnesse simle on ðǣre sāwle || sōþfæstnesse,
Met22 39. þenden gadertang wunaþ || gast on lice þenden gader-tang wunaþ || gāst on līċe.
Met22 40. þæs sædes corn || biþ symle aweaht Þæs sǣdes corn || biþ simle ā·weaht
Met22 41. mid ascunga || eac siþþan mid mid āscunga, || ēac siþþan mid
Met22 42. goodre lare || gif hit growan sceal gōdre lāre, || ġif hit grōwan sċeall.
Met22 43. hu mæg ænig man || andsware findan Hū mæġ ǣniġ man || andsware findan
Met22 44. þinga æniges || þegen mid gesceade þinga ǣnġes, || þeġn mid ġe·sċēade,
Met22 45. þeah hine rinca hwilc || rihtwislice þēah hine rinca hwelċ || rihtwīslīċe
Met22 46. æfter frigne || gif he awuht nafaþ aefter friġne || ġif hē āwuht nafaþ
Met22 47. on his modsefan || mycles ne lytles on his mōd-sefan || miċeles ne lȳtles
Met22 48. rihtwisnesse || ne geradscipes rihtwīsnesse% || ne ġe·rādsċipes?
Met22 49. nis þeah ænig man || þætte ealles swa Nis þēah ǣniġ man || þætte ealles swā
Met22 50. þæs geradscipes || swa bereafod sie þæs ġe·rādsċipes || swā be·rēafod sīe
Met22 51. þæt he andsware || ænige ne cunne þæt hē andsware || ǣnġe ne cunne
Met22 52. findan on ferhþe || gif he frugnen biþ findan on ferhþe, || ġif hē frugnen biþ.
Met22 53. forþæm hit is riht spell || þæt us reahte gio For·þǣm hit is riht spell || þæt ūs reahte ġō
Met22 54. ald uþwita || ure platon eald ūð-wita, || ūre Plāton;
Met22 55. he cwæþ þætte æghwilc || ungemyndig hē cwæþ þætte ǣġhwelċ || unġemyndiġ
Met22 56. rihtwisnesse || hine hræþe sceolde rihtwīsnesse || hine hræðe sċolde
Met22 57. eft gewendan || in to sinum eft ġe·wendan || into sīnum
Met22 58. modes gemynde || he mæg siþþan mōdes ġe·mynde; || hē mæġ siþþan
Met22 59. on his runcofan || rihtwisnesse on his rūn-cofan || rihtwīsnesse
Met22 60. findan on ferhte || fæste gehydde findan on ferhþe || fæste ġe·hȳde
Met22 61. mid gedræfnesse || dogora gehwilce mid ġe·drǣfnesse || dōĝra ġe·hwelċe
Met22 62. modes sines || mæst and swiþost mōdes sīnes || mǣst and swīðost,
Met22 63. and mid hefinesse || his lichoman and mid hefiġnesse || his līċ-haman,
Met22 64. and mid þæm bisgum || þe on breostum styreþ and mid þǣm bisĝum || þe on brēostum styreþ
Met22 65. mon on mode || mæla gehwylce mann on mōde || mǣla ġe·hwelċe.