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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.6.6
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 6
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Old English
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The Metres of Boethius: Metre 6

Met6 1. þa se wisdom eft || wordhord onleac Þā wīsdōm eft || word-hord on·lēac,
Met6 2. sang soþcwidas || and þus selfa cwæþ sang sōþ-cwīdas || and þus selfa cwæþ:
Met6 3. þonne sio sunne || sweotolost scineþ þonne sēo sunne || sweotolost sċīeneþ,
Met6 4. hadrost of hefone || hræþe bioþ aþistrod hādrost of heofone, || hræðe bēoþ ā·þīestrod
Met6 5. ealle ofir eorþan || oþre steorran ealle ofer eorðan || ōðre steorran,
Met6 6. forþæm hiora birhtu || ne biþ auht for·þǣm hira bierhtu || ne biþ āuht
Met6 7. to gesettane || wiþ þære sunnan leoht ġe·settanne || wiþ ðǣre sunnan lēoht.
Met6 8. þonne smolte blæwþ || suþan and westan ­Þonne smolte blǣwþ || sūðan and westan
Met6 9. wind under wolcnum || þonne weaxeþ hraþe wind under wolcnum. || Þonne weaxeþ hræðe
Met6 10. feldes blostman || fægen þæt hi moton feldes blōstman, || fæġen þæt hīe mōton.
Met6 11. ac se stearca storm || þonne he strong cymþ Ac stearca storm, || þonne strang cymþ
Met6 12. norþan and eastan || he genimeþ hraþe norðan and ēastan, || ġe·nimeþ hræðe
Met6 13. þære rosan wlite || and eac þa ruman ðǣre rōsan wlite || and ēac þā rūman
Met6 14. norþerne yst || nede gebædeþ norðerne ȳst || nīede ġe·bǣdeþ%,
Met6 15. þæt hio strange geondstyred || on staþu beateþ þæt hēo strange ġeond­·stīered || on staðu bēateþ.
Met6 16. eala þæt on eorþan || auht fæstlices Ēalā, þæt on eorðan || āuht fæstlīċes
Met6 17. weorces on worulde || ne wunaþ æfre weorces on weorolde || ne wunaþ ǣfre.