# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 6

þa se wisdom eft || wordhord onleac
sang soþcwidas || and þus selfa cwæþ
þonne sio sunne || sweotolost scineþ
hadrost of hefone || hræþe bioþ aþistrod
ealle ofir eorþan || oþre steorran
forþæm hiora birhtu || ne biþ auht
to gesettane || wiþ þære sunnan leoht
þonne smolte blæwþ || suþan and westan
wind under wolcnum || þonne weaxeþ hraþe
feldes blostman || fægen þæt hi moton
ac se stearca storm || þonne he strong cymþ
norþan and eastan || he genimeþ hraþe
þære rosan wlite || and eac þa ruman sæ
norþerne yst || nede gebædeþ
þæt hio strange geondstyred || on staþu beateþ
eala þæt on eorþan || auht fæstlices
weorces on worulde || ne wunaþ æfre