# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 5

þu meaht be þære sunnan || sweotole geþencean
and be æghwelcum || oþrum steorran
þara þe æfter burgum || beorhtost scineþ
gif him wan fore || wolcen hangaþ
ne mægen hi swa leohtne || leoman ansendan
ær se þicca mist || þynra weorþe
swa oft smylte sæ || suþerne wind
græge glashlutre || grimme gedrefeþ
þonne hie gemengaþ || micla ysta
onhreraþ hronmere || hrioh biþ þonne
seo þe ær gladu || onsiene wæs
swa oft æspringe || ut awealleþ
of clife harum || col and hlutor
and gereclice || rihte floweþ
irneþ wiþ his eardes || oþ him on innan felþ
muntes mægenstan || and him on middan geligeþ
atrendlod of þæm torre || he on tu siþþan
tosceaden wyrþ || scir biþ gedrefed
burna geblonden || broc biþ onwended
of his rihtryne || ryþum toflowen
swa nu-þa þiostro || þinre heortan
willaþ minre leohtan || lare wiþstondan
and þin modgeþonc || miclum gedrefan
ac gif þu nu wilnast || þæt þu wel mæge
þæt soþe leoht || sweotole oncnawan
leohte geleafan || þu forlætan scealt
idle ofersælþa || unnytne gefean
þu scealt eac yfelne ege || an forlætan
woruldearfoþa || ne most þu wesan for þæm
ealles to ormod || ne þu þe æfre ne læt
wlenca gewæcan || þe læs þu weorþe for him
mid ofermettum || eft gescended
and to up ahafen || for orsorgum
woruldgesælþum || ne eft to waclice
geortreowe || æniges godes
þonne þe for worulde || wiþerwearda mæsþ
þinga þreage || and þu þe selfum
swiþost onsitte || forþæm simle biþ
se modsefa || miclum gebunden
mid gedrefnesse || gif hine dreccean mot
þissa yfla hwæþer || innan swencan
forþæm þa twegen tregan || teoþ tosomne
wiþ þæt mod foran || mistes dwoleman
þæt hit seo ece ne mot || innan geondscinan
sunne for þæm sweartum mistum || ærþæm hi geswiþrad weorþen