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