The Meters of Boethius: Meter 30
The Meters of Boethius: Meter 30
Omerus wæs
east mid Crecum
on ðæm leodscipe
leoða cræftgast,
Firgilies
freond and lareow,
þæm mæran sceope
magistra betst.
5
Hwæt, se Omerus
oft and gelome
þære sunnan wlite
swiðe herede,
æðelo cræftas
oft and gelome
leoðum and spellum
leodum reahte.
Ne mæg hio þeah gescinan,
þeah hio sie scir and beorht,
10
ahwærgen neah
ealla gesceafta;
ne furðum þa gesceafta
ðe hio gescinan mæg
endemes ne mæg
ealla geondlihtan
innan and utan.
Ac se ælmihtega
waldend and wyrhta
weorulde gesceafta
15
his agen weorc
eall geondwliteð,
endemes þurhsyhð
ealla gesceafta.
ðæt is sio soðe
sunne mid rihte,
be ðæm we magon singan
swylc butan lease.