# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 30

omerus wæs || east mid crecum
on þæm leodscipe || leoþa cræftgast
firgilies || freond and lareow
þæm mæran sceope || magistra betst
hwæt se omerus || oft and gelome
þære sunnan wlite || swiþe herede
æþelo cræftas || oft and gelome
leoþum and spellum || leodum reahte
ne mæg hio þeah gescinan || þeah hio sie scir and beorht
ahwærgen neah || ealla gesceafta
ne furþum þa gesceafta || þe hio gescinan mæg
endemes ne mæg || ealla geondlihtan
innan and utan || ac se ælmihtega
waldend and wyrhta || weorulde gesceafta
his agen weorc || eall geondwliteþ
endemes þurhsyhþ || ealla gesceafta
þæt is sio soþe || sunne mid rihte
be þæm we magon singan || swylc butan lease