# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 31 hwæt þu meaht ongitan || gif his þe geman lyst þætte mislice || manega wuhta geond eorþan faraþ || ungelice habbaþ blioh and fær || bu ungelice and mægwlitas || manegra cynna cuþ and uncuþ || creopaþ and snicaþ eall lichoma || eorþan getenge nabbaþ hi æt fiþrum fultum || ne magon hi mid fotum gangan eorþan brucan || swa him eaden wæs sume fotum twam || foldan peþþaþ sume fierfete || sume fleogende windaþ under wolcnum || biþ þeah wuhta gehwylc onhnigen to hrusan || hnipaþ of dune on weoruld wliteþ || wilnaþ to eorþan sume nedþearfe || sume neodfræce man ana gæþ || metodes gesceafta mid his andwlitan || up on gerihte mid þy is getacnod || þæt his treowa sceal and his modgeþonc || ma up þonne niþer habban to heofonum || þy læs he his hige wende niþer swa þær nyten || nis þæt gedafenlic þæt se modsefa || monna æniges niþerheald wese || and þæt neb upweard