# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 22

se þe æfter rihte || mid gerece wille
inweardlice || æfter spyrian
swa deoplice || þæt hit todrifan ne mæg
monna ænig || ne amerran huru
ænig eorþlic þincg || he ærest sceal
secan on him selfum || þæt he sume hwile
ymbutan hine || æror sohte
sece þæt siþþan || on his sefan innan
and forlæte an || swa he oftost mæge
ælcne ymbhogan || þy him unnet sie
and gesamnige || swa he swiþost mæge
ealle to þæm anum || his ingeþonc
gesecge his mode || þæt hit mæg findan
eall on him innan || þæt hit oftost nu
ymbutan hit || ealneg seceþ
gooda æghwylc || he ongit siþþan
yfel and unnet || eal þæt he hæfde
on his incofan || æror lange
efne swa sweotole || swa he on þa sunnan mæg
eagum andweardum || on locian
and he eac ongit || his ingeþonc
leohtre and berhtre || þonne se leoma sie
sunnan on sumera || þonne swegles gim
hador heofontungol || hlutrost scineþ
forþæm þæs lichoman || leahtras and hefignes
and þa unþeawas || eallunga ne magon
of mode ation || monna ænegum
rihtwisnesse || þeah nu rinca hwæm
þæs lichoman || leahtras and hefignes
and unþeawas || oft bysigen
monna modsefan || mæst and swiþost
mid þære yflan || oforgiotolnesse
mid gedwolmiste || dreorigne sefan
fortihþ mod foran || monna gehwelces
þæt hit swa beorhte ne mot || blican and scinan
swa hit wolde || gif hit geweald ahte
þeah biþ sum corn || sædes gehealden
symle on þære saule || soþfæstnesse
þenden gadertang wunaþ || gast on lice
þæs sædes corn || biþ symle aweaht
mid ascunga || eac siþþan mid
goodre lare || gif hit growan sceal
hu mæg ænig man || andsware findan
þinga æniges || þegen mid gesceade
þeah hine rinca hwilc || rihtwislice
æfter frigne || gif he awuht nafaþ
on his modsefan || mycles ne lytles
rihtwisnesse || ne geradscipes
nis þeah ænig man || þætte ealles swa
þæs geradscipes || swa bereafod sie
þæt he andsware || ænige ne cunne
findan on ferhþe || gif he frugnen biþ
forþæm hit is riht spell || þæt us reahte gio
ald uþwita || ure platon
he cwæþ þætte æghwilc || ungemyndig
rihtwisnesse || hine hræþe sceolde
eft gewendan || in to sinum
modes gemynde || he mæg siþþan
on his runcofan || rihtwisnesse
findan on ferhte || fæste gehydde
mid gedræfnesse || dogora gehwilce
modes sines || mæst and swiþost
and mid hefinesse || his lichoman
and mid þæm bisgum || þe on breostum styreþ
mon on mode || mæla gehwylce