The Meters of Boethius: Meter 18
The Meters of Boethius: Meter 18
Eala ðæt se yfla
unrihta gedeð
þæt he mid ealle gedræfð
anra gehwylces
monna cynnes
mod fulneah ðon.
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Hwæt, sio wilde beo,
þeah wis sie,
anunga sceal
eall forweorðan
gif hio yrringa
awuht stingeð.
Swa sceal sawla gehwilc
siððan losian,
gif se lichoma
forlegen weorðeð
10
unrihthæmede,
bute him ær cume
hreow to heortan,
ær he hionan wende.