# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 29

gif þu nu wilnige || weorulddrihtnes
heane anwald || hlutre mode
ongitan giorne || gem almægene
heofones tunglu || hu hi him healdaþ betwuh
sibbe singale || dydon swa lange
swa hi gewenede || wuldres aldor
æt frumsceafte || þæt sio fyrene ne mot
sunne gesecan || snawcealdes weg
monan gemæro || hwæt þa mæran tungl
auþer oþres rene || a ne gehrineþ
ær þæm þæt oþer || of gewiteþ
ne huru se stiorra || gestigan wile
westdæl wolcna || þone wise men
ursa nemnaþ || ealle stiorran
sigaþ æfter sunnan || samod mid rodere
under eorþan grund || he ana stent
nis þæt nan wundor || he is wundrum fæst
upende neah || eaxe þæs roderes
þonne is an steorra || ofer oþre beorht
cymeþ eastan up || ær þonne sunne
þone monna bearn || morgenstiorra
hataþ under heofonum || forþæm he hæleþum dæg
bodaþ æfter burgum || brengeþ æfter
swegeltorht sunne || samad eallum dæg
is se forrynel || fæger and sciene
cymeþ eastan up || ær for sunnan
and eft æfter sunnan || on setl glideþ
west under weorulde || werþioda his
noman onwendaþ || þonne niht cymeþ
hataþ hine ealle || æfenstiorra
se biþ þære sunnan swiftra || siþþan hi on setl gewitaþ
ofirneþ þæt æþele tungol || oþþæt he be eastan weorþeþ
eldum oþewed || ær þonne sunne
habbaþ æþele tungol || emne gedæled
dæg and nihte || drihtnes meahtum
sunna and mona || swiþe geþwære
swa him æt frymþe || fæder getiohhode
ne þearft þu no wenan || þæt þa wlitegan tungl
þæs þeowdomes || aþroten weorþe
ær domes dæge || deþ siþþan ymbe
moncynnes fruma || swa him gemet þinceþ
forþon hi be healfe || heofones þisses
on ane ne læt || ælmihtig god
þy læs hi oþra fordyden || æþela gesceafta
ac se eca god || ealla gemetgaþ
sida gesceafta || softa geþweraþ
hwilum þæt drige || drifþ þone wætan
hwylum he gemengeþ || metodes cræfte
cile wiþ hæto || hwilum cerreþ eft
on uprodor || ælbeorhta leg
leoht on lyfte || ligeþ him behindan
hefig hrusan dæl || þeah hit hwilan ær
eorþe sio cealde || oninnan hire
heold and hydde || haliges meahtum
be þæs cyninges gebode || cymeþ geara gehwæt
eorþe bringeþ || æghwylc tudor
and se hata sumor || hæleþa bearnum
geara gehwilce || giereþ and drigeþ
geond sidne grund || sæd and bleda
hærfest to honda || herbuendum
ripa receþ || ren æfter þæm
swylce hagal and snaw || hrusan leccaþ
on wintres tid || weder unhiore
forþæm eorþe onfehþ || eallum sædum
gedeþ þæt hi growaþ || geara gehwilce
on lenctentid || leaf up spryttaþ
ac se milda metod || monna bearnum
on eorþan fet || eall þætte groweþ
wæstmas on weorolde || wel forþbrengeþ
hit þonne he wile || heofona waldend
and eowaþ eft || eorþbuendum
nimþ þonne he wile || nergende god
and þæt hehste good || on heahsetle
siteþ self cyning || and þios side gesceaft
þenaþ and þiowaþ || he þonan waldeþ
þæm geweltleþrum || weoruldgesceafta
nis þæt nan wundor || he is weroda god
cyning and drihten || cwucera gehwelces
æwelm and fruma || eallra gesceafta
wyrhta and sceppend || weorulde þisse
wisdom and æ || woruldbuendra
ealla gesceafta || on his ærendo
hionane he sendeþ || hæt eft cuman
gif he swa gestæþþig || ne staþolade
ealla gesceafta || æghwylc hiora
wraþe tostencte || weorþan sceolden
æghwilc hiora || ealle to nauhte
weorþan sceoldon || wraþe toslopena
þeah þa ane lufe || ealla gesceafta
heofones and eorþan || hæbben gemæne
þæt hi þiowien || swilcum þiodfruman
and fægniaþ || þæt hiora fæder wealdeþ
nis þæt nan wundor || forþæm wuhta nan
æfre ne meahte || elles wunian
gif hi eallmægene || hiora ordfruman
ne þiowoden || þeodne mærum