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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 27
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 27

Met27 1. hwy ge æfre scylen || unrihtfioungum Hwȳ ġē ǣfre sċylen || unryht-fēoungum
Met27 2. eower mod drefan || swa swa mereflodes ēower mōd drēfan, || swā swā mere-flōdes
Met27 3. yþa hreraþ || iscalde sæ ȳða hrēraþ || īs-ċealde sǣ,
Met27 4. wecggaþ for winde || hwy oþwite ge weċġaþ for winde? || Hwȳ oð·wīte ġē
Met27 5. wyrde eowre || þæt hio geweald nafaþ wyrde ēowre || þæt hēo ġe·weald nafaþ?
Met27 6. hwy ge þæs deaþes || þe eow drihten gesceop Hwȳ ġe· þæs dēaðes || þe ēow drihten ġe·sċōp
Met27 7. gebidan ne magon || bitres gecyndes ġe·bīdan ne maĝon || biteres ġe·cyndes,
Met27 8. nu he eow ælce dæg || onet toweard nū hē ēow ǣlċe dæġ || onet tō-weard?
Met27 9. ne magon ge gesion || þæt he symle spyreþ Ne maĝon ġe· ġe·sēon || þæt hē simle spyreþ
Met27 10. æfter æghwelcum || eorþan tudre aefter ǣġhwelcum || eorðan tūdre,
Met27 11. diorum and fuglum || deaþ eac swa same dīerum and fuĝolum? || Dēaþ ēac swā same
Met27 12. æfter moncynne || geond þisne middangeard aefter mann-cynne || ġond þisne middan-ġeard,
Met27 13. egeslic hunta || a biþ on waþe eġesliċ hunta, || abīþ on wāðe;
Met27 14. nyle he ænig swæþ || æfre forlætan nille hē ǣniġ swæþ || ǣfre for·lǣtan
Met27 15. ær he gehede || þæt he hwile ær ǣr hē ġe·hēde || þæt hē hwīle ǣr
Met27 16. æfter spyrede || is þæt earmlic þing aefter spyrede. || Is þæt earmliċ þinġ
Met27 17. þæt his gebidan ne magon || burgsittende þæt his ġe·bīdan ne maĝon || burh-sittende,
Met27 18. ungesælige men || hine ær willaþ unġesǣlġe menn; || hine ǣr willaþ
Met27 19. foran to sciotan || swa swa fugla cyn foran tō sċēotan%, || swā swā fuĝola cynn
Met27 20. oþþe wildu dior || þa winnaþ betwuh oþþe wildu dēor; || þā winnaþ be·twuh,
Met27 21. æghwylc wolde || oþer acwellan ǣġhwelċ wolde || ōðer ā·cwellan.
Met27 22. ac þæt is unriht || æghwelcum men Ac þæt is unryht || ǣġhwelcum menn
Met27 23. þæt he oþerne || inwitþoncum þæt hē ōðerne || inwitt-þancum
Met27 24. fioge on færþe || swa swa fugl oþþe dior fēoġe on ferhþe, || swā swā fuĝol oþþe dēor,
Met27 25. ac þæt wære rihtost || þætte rinca gehwylc ac þæt wǣre rihtost, || þætte rinca ġe·hwelċ
Met27 26. oþrum gulde || edlean on riht ōðrum gulde || ed-lēan on riht,
Met27 27. weorc be geweorhtum || weoruldbuendum weorc be ġe·weorhtum || weorold-būendum
Met27 28. þinga gehwilces || þæt is þæt he lufige þinga ġe·hwelċes, || þæt is, þæt hē lufie
Met27 29. godra gehwilcne || swa he geornost mæge gōdra ġe·hwelcne || swā hē ġeornost mæġe,
Met27 30. mildsige yflum || swa we ær spræcon mildsie yflum, || swā we ǣr% sprǣcon.
Met27 31. he sceal þone monnan || mode lufian Hē sċeall þone mannan || mōde lufian,
Met27 32. and his unþeawas || ealle hatian and his unþēawas || ealle hatian
Met27 33. and ofsniþan || swa he swiþost mæge and of·snīðan, || swā hē swīðost mæġe.