The Meters of Boethius: Meter 16
The Meters of Boethius: Meter 16
Se þe wille anwald agon,
ðonne sceal he ærest tilian
þæt he his selfes
on sefan age
anwald innan,
þy læs he æfre sie
his unþeawum
eall underðyded,
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ado of his mode
mislicra fela
þara ymbhogona
þe him unnet sie,
læte sume hwile
siofunga
ana[?]
ermða
sinra[?]
.
þeah him eall sie
þes middangeard,
swa swa merestreamas
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utan belicgað,
on æht gifen,
efne swa wide
swa swa westmest nu
an iglond ligð
ut on garsecg,
þær nængu bið
niht on sumera
ne wuhte þon ma
on wintra dæg
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toteled tidum,
þæt is Tile haten;
þeah nu anra hwa
ealles wealde
þæs iglandes,
and eac þonan
oð Indeas
eastewearde;
þeah he nu þæt eall
agan mote,
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hwy bið his anwald
auhte ðy mara,
gif he siððan nah
his selfes geweald
ingeðances,
and hine eorneste
wel ne bewarenað
wordum and dædum
wið ða unþeawas
þe we ymb sprecað?