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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.6.23
Title
The Metres of Boethius: Metre 23
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Old English
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 23

Met23 1. sie þæt la on eorþan || ælces þinges Sīe þæt on eorðan || ǣlċes þinġes
Met23 2. gesælig mon || gif he gesion mæge ġe·sǣliġ mann, || ġif 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 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 rodorum || rihte stīġe
Met23 11. on þone ecan eard || ussa saula on þone ēċan eard || ūssa sāwla.