# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 28

hwa is on eorþan || nu unlærdra
þe ne wundrige || wolcna færeldes
rodres swifto || ryne tunglo
hu hy ælce dæge || utan ymbhwerfeþ
eallne middangeard || hwa is moncynnes
þæt ne wundrie || ymb þas wlitegan tungl
hu hy sume habbaþ || swiþe micle
scyrtran ymbehwerft || sume scriþaþ leng
utan ymb eall þis || an þara tungla
woruldmen hataþ || wænes þisla
þa habbaþ scyrtran || scriþe and færelt
ymbhwerft læssan || þonne oþru tungl
forþæm hi þære eaxe || utan ymbhweorfeþ
þone norþende || nean ymbcerreþ
on þære ilcan || eaxe hwerfeþ
eall ruma rodor || recene scriþeþ
suþheald swifeþ || swift untiorig
hwa is on weorulde || þæt ne wafige
buton þa ane || þe hit ær wisson
þætte mænig tungul || maran ymbhwyrft
hafaþ on heofonum || sume hwile eft
læsse geliþaþ || þa þe lacaþ ymb
eaxe ende || oþþe micle
mare geferaþ || þa hire middre ymbe
þearle þrægeþ || þara is gehaten
saturnus sum || se hæfþ ymb þritig
wintergerimes || weoruld ymbcirred
boetes eac || beorhte scineþ
oþer steorra || cymeþ efne swa same
on þone ilcan stede || eft ymb þritig
geargerimes || þær he gio þa wæs
hwa is weoruldmonna || þæt ne wafige
hu sume steorran || oþ þa sæ faraþ
under merestreamas || þæs þe monnum þincþ
swa eac sume wenaþ || þæt sio sunne do
ac se wena nis || wuhte þe soþra
ne biþ hio on æfen || ne on ærmorgen
merestreame þe near || þe on midne dæg
and þeah monnum þyncþ || þæt hio on mere gange
under sæ swife || þonne hio on setl glideþ
hwa is on weorulde || þæt ne wundrige
fulles monan || þonne he færinga
wyrþ under wolcnum || wlites bereafad
beþeaht mid þiostrum || hwa þegna ne mæge
eac wafian || ælces stiorran
hwy hi ne scinen || scirum wederum
beforan þære sunnan || swa hi symle doþ
middelnihtum || wiþ þone monan foran
hadrum heofone || hwæt nu hæleþa fela
swelces and swelces || swiþe wundraþ
and ne wundriaþ || þætte wuhta gehwilc
men and netenu || micelne habbaþ
and unnetne || andan betweoh him
swiþe singalne || is þæt sellic þincg
þæt hi ne wundriaþ || hu hit on wolcnum oft
þearle þunraþ || þragmælum eft
anforlæteþ || and eac swa same
yþ wiþ lande || ealneg winneþ
wind wiþ wæge || hwa wundraþ þæs
oþþe oþres eft || hwi þæt is mæge
weorþan of wætere || wlitetorht scineþ
sunna swegle hat || sona gecerreþ
ismere ænlic || on his agen gecynd
weorþeþ to wætre || ne þincþ þæt wundor micel
monna ænegum || þæt he mægge gesion
dogora gehwilce || ac þæt dysie folc
þæs hit seldnor gesihþ || swiþor wundraþ
þeah hit wisra gehwæm || wundor þince
on his modsefan || micle læsse
unstaþolfæste || ealneg wenaþ
þæt þæt ealdgesceaft || æfre ne wære
þæt hi seldon gesioþ || ac swiþor giet
weoruldmen wenaþ || þæt hit weas come
niwan gesælde || gif hiora nængum hwylc
ær ne oþeowde || is þæt earmlic þinc
ac gif hiora ænig || æfre weorþeþ
to þon firwetgeorn || þæt he fela onginþ
leornian lista || and him lifes weard
of mode abrit || þæt micle dysig
þæt hit oferwrigen mid || wunode lange
þonne ic wæt geare || þæt hi ne wundriaþ
mæniges þinges || þe monnum nu
wæfþo and wunder || welhwær þynceþ