# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 4

æala þu scippend || scirra tungla
hefones and eorþan || þu on heahsetle
ecum ricsast || and þu ealne hræþe
hefon ymbhwearfest || and þurh þine halige miht
tunglu genedest || þæt hi þe to heraþ
swylce seo sunne || sweartra nihta
þiostro adwæsceþ || þurh þine meht
blacum leohte || beorhte steorran
mona gemetgaþ || þurh þinra meahta sped
hwilum eac þa sunnan || sines bereafaþ
beorhtan leohtes || þonne hit gebyrigan mæg
þæt swa geneahsne || nede weorþaþ
swelce þone mæran || morgensteorran
þe we oþre naman || æfensteorra
nemnan heraþ || þu genedest þone
þæt he þære sunnan || siþ bewitige
geara gehwelce || he gongan sceal
beforan feran || hwæt þu fæder wercest
sumurlange dagas || swiþe hate
þæm winterdagum || wundrum sceorta
tida getiohhast || þu þæm treowum selest
suþan and westan || þa ær se swearta storm
norþan and eastan || benumen hæfde
leafa gehwelces || þurh þone laþran wind
eala hwæt on eorþan || ealla gesceafta
hyraþ þinre hæse || doþ on heofonum swa some
mode and mægne || butan men anum
se wiþ þinum willan || wyrceþ oftost
wel la þu eca || and þu ælmihtiga
ealra gesceafta || sceppend and reccend
ara þinum earmum || eorþan tudre
monna cynne || þurh þinra mehta sped
hwi þu ece god || æfre wolde
þæt sio wyrd on gewill || wendan sceolde
yflum monnum || ealles swa swiþe
hio ful oft dereþ || unscyldegum
sittaþ yfele men || giond eorþricu
on heahsetlum || halige þriccaþ
under heora fotum || firum uncuþ
hwi sio wyrd swa wo || wendan sceolde
swa sint gehydde || her on worulde
geond burga fela || beorhte cræftas
unrihtwise || eallum tidum
habbaþ on hospe || þa þe him sindon
rihtes wisran || rices wyrþran
biþ þæt lease lot || lange hwile
bewrigen mid wrencum || nu on worulde her
monnum ne deriaþ || mane aþas
gif þu nu waldend ne wilt || wirde steoran
ac on selfwille || sigan lætest
þonne ic wat þætte wile || woruldmen tweogan
geond foldan sceat || buton fea ane
eala min dryhten || þu þe ealle ofersihst
worulde gesceafta || wlit nu on moncyn
mildum eagum || nu hi on monegum her
worulde yþum || wynnaþ and swincaþ
earme eorþwaran || ara him nu-þa