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The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry


The Meters of Boethius: Meter 8
Verse Indeterminate Saxon


Sona swa se wisdom      þas word hæfde
swetole areahte,      he þa siððan ongan
singan soðcwidas,      and þus selfa cwæð:
Hwæt, sio forme eld      foldbuendum

5

geond eorðan sceat      æghwam dohte,
þa þa anra gehwæm      on eorðwæstmum
genoh ðuhte.      Nis hit nu ða swelc!
Næron þa geond weorulde      welige hamas,
ne mislice      mettas ne drincas,

10

ne hi þara hrægla      huru ne gemdon
þe nu drihtguman      diorost lætað.
Forðæm hiora nænig      næs þa gieta,
ne hi ne gesawon      sundbuende,
ne ymbutan hi      awer ne herdon.

15

Hwæt, hi firenlusta      frece ne wæron,
buton swa hi meahton      gemetlicost
ða gecynd began      þe him Crist gesceop,
and hi æne on dæge      æton symle
on æfentid      eorðan wæstmas,

20

wudes and wyrta,      nalles win druncon
scir of steape.      Næs þa scealca nan
þe mete oððe drinc      mængan cuðe,
wæter wið hunige,      ne heora wæda þon ma
sioloce siowian,      ne hi siarocræftum

25

godweb giredon,      ne hi gimreced
setton searolice,      ac hi simle him
eallum tidum      ute slepon
under beamsceade,      druncon burnan wæter,
calde wyllan.      Nænig cepa ne seah

30

ofer eargeblond      ellendne wearod,
ne huru ymbe sciphergas      scealcas ne herdon,
ne furðum fira nan      ymb gefeoht sprecan.
Næs ðeos eorðe besmiten      awer þa geta
beornes blode      þe hine bill rude,

35

ne furðum wundne wer      weoruldbuende
gesawan under sunnan.      Nænig siððan wæs
weorð on weorulde,      gif mon his willan ongeat
yfelne mid eldum;      he wæs æghwæm lað.
Eala, þær hit wurde      oððe wolde god

40

þæt on eorðan nu      ussa tida
geond þas widan weoruld      wæren æghwæs
swelce under sunnan.      Ac hit is sæmre nu,
þæt ðeos gitsunc hafað      gumena gehwelces
mod amerred,      þæt he maran ne recð,

45

ac hit on witte      weallende byrnð.
Efne sio gitsung      þe nænne grund hafað
swearte swæfeð      sumes onlice
efne þam munte      þe nu monna bearn
Etne hatað.      Se on iglonde

50

Sicilia      swefle byrneð,
þæt mon helle fyr      hateð wide,
forþæm hit symle bið      sinbyrnende,
and ymbutan hit      oðra stowa
blate forbærnð      biteran lege.

55

Eala, hwæt se forma      feohgitsere
wære on worulde,      se þas wongstedas
grof æfter golde      and æfter gimcynnum.
Hwæt, he frecnu gestreon      funde mænegum
bewrigen on weorulde,      wætere oððe eorðan.




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