A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryThe Metres of Boethius: Metre 3
| Met3 1. | æala on hu grimmum || and hu grundleasum Ēalā, on hū grimmum || and hū grundlēasum |
| Met3 2. | seaþe swinceþ || þæt sweorcende mod sēaðe swinċeþ || þæt sweorcende mōd, |
| Met3 3. | þonne hit þa strongan || stormas beataþ þonne hit þā strangan || stormas bēataþ |
| Met3 4. | weoruldbisgunga || þonne hit winnende weorold-bisgunga, || þonne hit winnende |
| Met3 5. | his agen leoht || an forlæteþ his āĝen lēoht || ān for·lǣteþ, |
| Met3 6. | and mid uua forgit || þone ecan gefean and mid wā for·ġiet || þone ēċan ġe·fēan, |
| Met3 7. | þringþ on þa þiostro || þisse worulde þring on þā þīestre || þisse weorolde, |
| Met3 8. | sorgum geswenced || swa is þissum nu sorĝum ġe·swenċed. || Swā is þissum nū |
| Met3 9. | mode gelumpen || nu hit mare ne wat mōde ġe·lumpen, || nū hit māre ne wāt |
| Met3 10. | for gode godes || buton gnornunge for gōde godes || būtan gnornunge |
| Met3 11. | fremdre worulde || him is frofre þearf fremdre weorolde. || Him is frōfre ðearf. |