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