# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 3 æala on hu grimmum || and hu grundleasum seaþe swinceþ || þæt sweorcende mod þonne hit þa strongan || stormas beataþ weoruldbisgunga || þonne hit winnende his agen leoht || an forlæteþ and mid uua forgit || þone ecan gefean þringþ on þa þiostro || þisse worulde sorgum geswenced || swa is þissum nu mode gelumpen || nu hit mare ne wat for gode godes || buton gnornunge fremdre worulde || him is frofre þearf