# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 24

ic hæbbe fiþru || fugle swiftran
mid þæm ic fleogan mæg || feor fram eorþan
ofer heane hrof || heofones þisses
ac þær ic nu moste || mod gefeþran
þinne ferþlocan || feþrum minum
oþþæt þu meahte || þisne middangeard
ælc eorþlic þing || eallunga forsion
meahtes ofer rodorum || gereclice
feþerum lacan || feor up ofer
wolcnu windan || wlitan siþþan
ufan ofer ealle || meahtes eac faran
ofer þæm fyre || þe fela geara
for lange betweox || lyfte and rodere
swa him æt frymþe || fæder getiode
þu meahtest þe siþþan || mid þære sunnan
faran betweox || oþrum tunglum
meahtest þe full recen || on þæm rodere ufan
siþþan weorþan || and þonne samtenges
æt þæm ælcealdan || anum steorran
se yfmest is || eallra tungla
þone saturnus || sundbuende
hataþ under heofonum || he is se cealda
eallisig tungl || yfemest wandraþ
ofer eallum ufan || oþrum steorrum
siþþan þu þonne || þone up a hafast
forþ oferfarenne || þu meaht feorsian
þonne bist þu siþþan || sona ofer uppan
rodere ryneswiftum || gif þu on riht færest
þe þone hehstan heofon || behindan lætst
þonne meaht þu siþþan || soþes leohtes
habban þinne dæl || þonan an cyning
rume ricsaþ || ofer roderum up
and under swa same || eallra gesceafta
weorulde waldeþ || þæt is wis cyning
þæt is se þe waldeþ || giond werþioda
ealra oþra || eorþan cyninga
se mid his bridle || ymbebæted hæfþ
ymbhwyrft ealne || eorþan and heofones
he his gewaldleþer || wel gemetgaþ
se stioreþ a || þurg þa strongan meaht
þæm hrædwæne || heofones and eorþan
se an dema || is gestæþþig
unawendendlic || wlitig and mære
gif þu weorþest || on wege rihtum
up to þæm earde || þæt is æþele stow
þeah þu hi nu geta || forgiten hæbbe
gif þu æfre eft || þær an cymest
þonne wilt þu secgan || and sona cweþan
þis is eallunga || min agen cyþ
eard and eþel || ic wæs ær hionan
cumen and acenned || þurh þisses cræftgan meaht
nylle ic æfre || hionan ut witan
ac ic symle her || softe wille
mid fæder willan || fæste stondan
gif þe þonne æfre || eft geweorþeþ
þæt þu wilt oþþe most || weorolde þiostro
eft fandian || þu meaht eaþe gesion
unrihtwise || eorþan cyningas
and þa ofermodan || oþre rican
þe þis werige folc || wyrst tuciaþ
þæt hi symle bioþ || swiþe earme
unmehtige || ælces þinges
emne þa ilcan || þe þis earme folc
sume hwile nu || swiþost ondrædæþ