The Meters of Boethius (Old English) · late 9th or early 10th century
Meter 23
Sie ðæt la on eorðan ælces ðinges
gesælig mon, gif he gesion mæge
þone hlutrestan heofontorhtan stream,
æðelne æwelm ælces goodes,
and of him selfum ðone sweartan mist,
modes þiostro, mæg aweorpan.
We sculon ðeah gita mid godes fylste
ealdum and leasum ðinne ingeðonc
betan bispellum, þæt ðu ðe bet mæge
aredian to rodorum rihte stige
on ðone ecan eard ussa saula.
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Alfred, King. The Meters of Boethius (Old English), Meter 23. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/meters-of-boethius-oe/23/.
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Alfred, King. The Meters of Boethius (Old English), Meter 23. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/meters-of-boethius-oe/23/.