The Meters of Boethius: Meter 3

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

æala, on hu grimmum         and hu grundleasum
seaðe swinceð         þæt sweorcende mod,
þonne hit þa strongan         stormas beatað
weoruldbisgunga,         þonne hit winnende

5

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

10

for gode godes         buton gnornunge
fremdre worulde.         Him is frofre ðearf.