The Metres of Boethius: Metre 6 Show normalized version Met6 1. þa se wisdom eft || wordhord onleac Þā sē 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 tō 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 sē stearca storm, || þonne hē strang cymþ Met6 12. norþan and eastan || he genimeþ hraþe norðan and ēastan, || hē ġe·nimeþ hræðe Met6 13. þære rosan wlite || and eac þa ruman sæ ðǣre rōsan wlite || and ēac þā rūman sǣ 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.