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