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