The Metres of Boethius: Metre 9
hwæt we ealle witon
hwelce ærleste
ge neah ge feor
neron worhte
romwara cyning
þa his rice wæs
hehst under heofonum
to hryre monegum
wælhreowes gewed
wæs ful wide cuþ
unrihthæmed
arleasta fela
man and morþor
misdæda worn
unrihtwises
inwidþoncas
he het him to gamene
geara forbærnan
romana burig
sio his rices wæs
ealles eþelstol
he for unsnyttrum
wolde fandian
gif þæt fyr meahte
lixan swa leohte
and swa longe eac
read rasettan
swa he romane
secgan geherde
þæt on sume tide
troia burg
ofertogen hæfde
lega leohtost
lengest burne
hama under hefonum
næs þæt herlic dæd
þæt hine swelces gamenes
gilpan lyste
þa he ne earnade
elles wuhte
buton þæt he wolde
ofer werþiode
his anes huru
anwald cyþan
eac hit gesælde
æt sumum cierre
þæt se ilca het
ealle acwellan
þa ricostan
romana witan
and þa æþelestan
eorlgebyrdum
þe he on þæm folce
gefrigen hæfde
and on uppan
agene broþor
and his modor mid
meca ecgum
billum ofbeatan
he his bryde ofslog
self mid sweorde
and he symle wæs
micle þe bliþra
on breostcofan
þonne he swylces morþres
mæst gefremede
nalles sorgode
hwæþer siþþan a
mihtig drihten
ametan wolde
wrece be gewyrhtum
wohfremmendum
ac he on ferþe fægn
facnes and searuwa
wælriow wunode
wiold emne swa þeah
ealles þisses mæran
middangeardes
swa swa lyft and lagu
land ymbclyppaþ
garsecg embegyrt
gumena rice
secgea sitlu
suþ east and west
oþ þa norþmestan
næssan on eorþan
eall þæt nerone
nede oþþe lustum
heaþorinca gehwilc
heran sceolde
he hæfde him to gamene
þonne he on gylp astag
hu he eorþcyningas
yrmde and cwelmde
wenst þu þæt se anwald
eaþe ne meahte
godes ælmihtiges
þone gelpscaþan
rice berædan
and bereafian
his anwaldes
þurh þa ecan meaht
oþþe him his yfeles
elles gestioran
eala gif he wolde
þæt he wel meahte
þæt unriht him
eaþe forbiodan
eawla þæt se hlaford
hefig gioc slepte
sware on þa swyran
sinra þegena
ealra þara hæleþa
þe on his tidum
geond þas lænan worold
liban sceoldon
he on unscyldgum
eorla blode
his sweord selede
swiþe gelome
þær wæs swiþe sweotol
þæt we sædon oft
þæt se anwald ne deþ
awiht godes
gif se wel nele
þe his geweald hafaþ