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