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