The Meters of Boethius: Meter 23

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Sie ðæt la on eorðan         ælces ðinges
gesælig mon,         gif he gesion mæge
þone hlutrestan         heofontorhtan stream,
æðelne æwelm         ælces goodes,

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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

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aredian to rodorum         rihte stige
on ðone ecan eard         ussa saula.