The Meters of Boethius (Old English) · late 9th or early 10th century
Meter 3
æala, on hu grimmum and hu grundleasum
seaðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mod,
þonne hit þa strongan stormas beatað
weoruldbisgunga, þonne hit winnende
his agen leoht an forlæteð,
and mid uua forgit þone ecan gefean,
ðringð on þa ðiostro ðisse worulde,
sorgum geswenced. Swa is þissum nu
mode gelumpen, nu hit mare ne wat
for gode godes buton gnornunge
fremdre worulde. Him is frofre ðearf.
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Alfred, King. The Meters of Boethius (Old English), Meter 3. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/meters-of-boethius-oe/3/.
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