A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryThe Metres of Boethius: Metre 23
| Met23 1. | sie þæt la on eorþan || ælces þinges Sīe þæt lā on eorðan || ǣlċes þinġes |
| Met23 2. | gesælig mon || gif he gesion mæge ġe·sǣliġ mann, || ġif hē ġe·sēon mæġe |
| Met23 3. | þone hlutrestan || heofontorhtan stream þone hlūtrestan || heofon-torhtan strēam, |
| Met23 4. | æþelne æwelm || ælces goodes æðelne ǣ·wielm || ǣlċes gōdes, |
| Met23 5. | and of him selfum || þone sweartan mist and of him selfum || þone sweartan mist, |
| Met23 6. | modes þiostro || mæg aweorpan mōdes þīestre, || mæġ ā·weorpan. |
| Met23 7. | we sculon þeah gita || mid godes fylste Wē sċulon þēah ġīeta || mid godes fylste |
| Met23 8. | ealdum and leasum || þinne ingeþonc ēadlum and lēasum || þīnne inn-ġe·þanc |
| Met23 9. | betan bispellum || þæt þu þe bet mæge bētan be·spellum, || þæt þū þe bet mæġe |
| Met23 10. | aredian to rodorum || rihte stige ā·rēdian tō rodorum || rihte stīġe |
| Met23 11. | on þone ecan eard || ussa saula on þone ēċan eard || ūssa sāwla. |