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