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The Meters of Boethius: Meter 10
Verse Indeterminate Saxon


Gif nu hæleða hwone      hlisan lyste,
unnytne gelp      agan wille,
þonne ic hine wolde      wordum biddan
þæt he hine æghwonon utan      ymbeþohte,

5

sweotole ymbsawe,      suð, east and west,
hu widgil sint      wolcnum ymbutan
heofones hwealfe.      Higesnotrum mæg
eaðe ðincan      þæt þeos eorðe sie
eall for ðæt oðer      unigmet lytel;

10

þeah hio unwisum      widgel þince,
on stede stronglic      steorleasum men,
þeah mæg þone wisan      on gewitlocan
þære gitsunge      gelpes scamian,
ðonne hine þæs hlisan      heardost lysteð,

15

and he þeah ne mæg      þone tobredan
ofer ðas nearowan      nænige ðinga
eorðan sceatas;      is ðæt unnet gelp!
Eala, ofermodan,      hwi eow a lyste
mid eowrum swiran      selfra willum

20

þæt swære gioc      symle underlutan?
Hwy ge ymb ðæt unnet      ealnig swincen,
þæt ge þone hlisan      habban tiliað
ofer ðioda ma      þonne eow þearf sie?
þeah eow nu gesæle      þæt eow suð oððe norð

25

þa ytmestan      eorðbuende
on monig ðiodisc      miclum herien,
ðeah hwa æðele sie      eorlgebyrdum,
welum geweorðad,      and on wlencum ðio,
duguðum diore,      deað þæs ne scrifeð,

30

þonne him rum forlæt      rodora waldend,
ac he þone welegan      wædlum gelice
efnmærne gedeð      ælces þinges.
Hwær sint nu þæs wisan      Welandes ban,
þæs goldsmiðes,      þe wæs geo mærost?

35

Forþy ic cwæð þæs wisan      Welandes ban,
forðy ængum ne mæg      eorðbuendra
se cræft losian      þe him Crist onlænð.
Ne mæg mon æfre þy eð      ænne wræccan
his cræftes beniman,      þe mon oncerran mæg

40

sunnan onswifan,      and ðisne swiftan rodor
of his rihtryne      rinca ænig.
Hwa wat nu þæs wisan      Welandes ban,
on hwelcum hi hlæwa      hrusan þeccen?
Hwær is nu se rica      Romana wita,

45

and se aroda,      þe we ymb sprecað,
hiora heretoga,      se gehaten wæs
mid þæm burgwarum      Brutus nemned?
Hwær is eac se wisa      and se weorðgeorna
and se fæstræda      folces hyrde,

50

se wæs uðwita      ælces ðinges,
cene and cræftig,      ðæm wæs Caton nama?
Hi wæron gefyrn      forðgewitene;
nat nænig mon      hwær hi nu sindon.
Hwæt is hiora here      buton se hlisa an?

55

Se is eac to lytel      swelcra lariowa,
forðæm þa magorincas      maran wyrðe
wæron on worulde.      Ac hit is wyrse nu,
þæt geond þas eorðan      æghwær sindon
hiora gelican      hwon ymbspræce,

60

sume openlice      ealle forgitene,
þæt hi se hlisa      hiwcuðe ne mæg
foremære weras      forð gebrengan.
þeah ge nu wenen      and wilnigen
þæt ge lange tid      libban moten,

65

hwæt iow æfre þy bet      bio oððe þince?
Forðæm þe nane forlet,      þeah hit lang ðince,
deað æfter dogorrime,      þonne he hæfð drihtnes leafe.
Hwæt þonne hæbbe      hæleþa ænig,
guma æt þæm gilpe,      gif hine gegripan mot

70

se eca deað      æfter þissum worulde?



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