# The Metres of Boethius: Metre 7

þa ongon se wisdom || his gewunan fylgan
gliowordum gol || gyd æfter spelle
song soþcwida || sumne þa geta
cwæþ þæt he ne herde || þæt on heane munt
monna ænig || meahte asettan
healle hroffæste || ne þearf eac hæleþa nan
wenan þæs weorces || þæt he wisdom mæge
wiþ ofermetta || æfre gemengan
herdes þu æfre || þætte ænig mon
on sondbeorgas || settan meahte
fæste healle || ne mæg eac fira nan
wisdom timbran || þær þær woruldgitsung
beorg oferbrædeþ || baru sond willaþ
ren forswelgan || swa deþ ricra nu
grundleas gitsung || gilpes and æhta
gedrinceþ to dryggum || dreosendne welan
and þeah þæs þearfan ne biþ || þurst aceled
ne mæg hæleþa gehwæm || hus on munte
lange gelæstan || forþæm him lungre on
swift wind swapeþ || ne biþ sond þon ma
wiþ micelne ren || manna ængum
huses hirde || ac hit hreosan wile
sigan sond æfter rene || swa bioþ anra gehwæs
monna modsefan || miclum awegede
of hiora stede styrede || þonne hi strong dreceþ
wind under wolcnum || woruldearfoþa
oþþe hi eft se reþa || ren onhrereþ
sumes ymbhogan || ungemet gemen
ac se þe þa ecan || agan wille
soþan gesælþa || he sceal swiþe flion
þisse worulde wlite || wyrce him siþþan
his modes hus || þær he mæge findan
eaþmetta stan || unigmet fæstne
grundweal gearone || se toglidan ne þearf
þeah hit wecge wind || woruldearfoþa
oþþe ymbhogena || ormete ren
forþæm on þære dene || drihten selfa
þara eadmetta || eardfæst wunigaþ
þær se wisdom a || wunaþ on gemyndum
forþon orsorg lif || ealnig lædaþ
woruldmen wise || buton wendinge
þonne he eall forsihþ || eorþlicu good
and eac þara yfela || orsorh wunaþ
hopaþ to þæm ecum || þe þær æfter cumaþ
hine þonne æghwonan || ælmihtig good
singallice || simle gehealdeþ
anwunigendne || his agenum
modes gesælþum || þurh metodes gife
þeah hine se wind || woruldearfoþa
swiþe swence || and hine singale
gemen gæle || þonne him grimme on
woruldsælþa wind || wraþe blaweþ
þeah þe hine ealneg || se ymbhoga
þyssa woruldsælþa || wraþe drecce